RAMALLAH, Thursday, September 05, 2019 (WAFA) – Huthayfa Halabiyeh, 28, from the town of Abu Dis near Jerusalem who has been on hunger strike for 67 days and was recently admitted to hospital due to deterioration in his health, ended today his fast after reaching an agreement with the Israeli authorities on his release.

Head of the Prisoners Commission, Qadri Abu Baker, told WAFA that Halabiyeh’s lawyer and the Israel Prison Service reached an agreement setting a date for his release thus prompting him to end his hunger strike.

Halabiyeh has been held in administrative detention without charge of trial since June 10 of last year and had his detention renewed three times. He decided to go on hunger strike more than two months ago to force his release.

Another Palestinian detainee, Fadi Yousef Hroub, 31, , from Deir Samet village in the south of the West Bank,  ended today his hunger strike after he was promised that his administrative detention order will not be renewed.

With Halabiyeh and Hroub ending their strikes, six other detainees remain on hunger strike demanding their release, according to the Prisoners’ Commission.

They include: Ahmad Ghannam, 42, from Dora in Hebron district, on strike for 54 days, Sultan Khlouf, 38, from Burqin near Jenin, on hunger strike for 50 days, Ismail Ali, 30, from Abu Dis and has been on hunger strike for 44 days, Tareq Qadan, 46, from Jenin has been on hunger strike for 37 days, Nasser al-Jada, 31, from Burqin in Jenin area and has been on hunger strike for 30 days, and Thaer Hamdan, 30, from Beit Sira near Ramallah and has been on hunger strike for 25 days.

M.K.