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Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike following release deal

Until he is discharged on October 2, Awawdeh will remain in hospital for treatment, his lawyer said [Sinan Abu Mayzer/Reuters]

Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh ended a hunger strike lasting more than 170 days on Wednesday after Israel agreed to his release in October, his lawyer and the PLO’s commission for prisoners affairs have said.

Awawdeh, 40, launched the hunger strike shortly after his arrest in December 2021 in protest of being held in Israel without charge or trial, a practice known as “administrative detention”.

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