56 Days of Hunger Strike, Khader Adnan into Freedom
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Once again, the will of Palestinian prisoners behind the "Israeli" bars succeeds in breaking the Zionist brutality.
On Sunday, Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan ended a 56-day hunger strike on Sunday after "Israel" agreed to release him, his lawyer and the Palestinian Prisoners Club announced.
Adnan, 37, has been in prison for a year under administrative detention, which allows imprisonment without charge for renewable periods of six months indefinitely, and his case had been at the heart of concerns in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Officials and activists had recently sounded the alarm, warning that he could die "at any moment".
"Khader Adnan ended his hunger strike last night, after an agreement was reached to release him on July 12," his lawyer Jawad Boulos said, adding that doctors at the "Israeli" hospital he was transferred to were considered ways to start feeding him.
In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club also confirmed that Adnan had broken his hunger strike.
Adnan was arrested a year ago. He had previously carried out a hunger strike that lasted 66 days in 2012 to protest against his detention. He was released at the end of the strike, during which he had ingested vitamins and salt.
This time, he refused to swallow anything except water.
The Palestinian government had warned it held "Israel" responsible for his fate, while the "Israeli" government in mid-June relaunched the process of instating a law that would allow prisoners to be force-fed when their lives are in danger.
The Palestinian leadership submitted a report to the International Criminal Court last week that included the treatment of Palestinian prisoners in "Israeli" jails.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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