Palestinian prisoner quits hunger strike
After 43-day protest, Hana Shalabi agrees to expulsion deal
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian official says a female prisoner held by Israel has agreed to end a hunger strike after 44 days.
Qadoura Fares, who heads a group representing Palestinian prisoners, says Hana Shalabi agreed to be expelled to the Gaza Strip for three years under a compromise reached with Israel on Thursday.
Shalabi, 30, a supporter of the Islamic Jihad group, launched the strike to protest “administrative detention,” an Israeli military policy that kept her jailed without formal charges.
Shalabi was released in October 2011 as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal, but was detained again in February. Shalabi was admitted to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba last week due to a serious deterioration in her health
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