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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

Mohammed al-Qiq

Mohammed al-Qiq, a Palestinian prisoner who carried out hunger strike, talks to a man in a hospital in the northern Israeli town of Afula on February 5, 2016. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
March 10, 2017, 9:50 pm
Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike as Israel agrees to his release
Journalist and alleged Hamas activist Mohammed al-Qiq previously refrained from eating for 94 days to protest being held without charge
By AFP
Palestinian imprisoned journalist, Mohammed al-Qiq hugs flashes the sign of victory as he arrives in his village Dura, in southern West Bank after he was released from the Israeli Nafha Prison on May 19, 2016. (AFP/ HAZEM BADER)
February 7, 2017, 12:15 am
Palestinian prisoner reportedly begins another hunger strike
Alleged Hamas activist Mohammed al-Qiq previously refrained from eating for 94 days to protest being held without charge
By ToI Staff and AFP
Ahmed Dawabsha, the sole survivor of a West Bank arson attack in Duma village, is carried by his grandfather Hussein at the Tel HaShomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel on Friday, July 22, 2016 (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 27, 2016, 10:24 pm
Duma survivor Ahmed Dawabsha taken to home of Hamas terrorist
Six-year-old participates in ‘solidarity visit’ to demolished family home of Mohammed al-Kharoub, who murdered 3 people last year
By ToI Staff
Palestinian imprisoned journalist, Mohammed al-Qiq hugs flashes the sign of victory as he arrives in his village Dura, in southern West Bank after he was released from the Israeli Nafha Prison on May 19, 2016. (AFP/ HAZEM BADER)
May 19, 2016, 11:14 pm
Israel frees Palestinian who spent months on hunger strike
Mohammed al-Qiq, accused of working for Hamas, fasted for 94 days to protest his administrative detention
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative photo of a prisoner in leg cuffs (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
February 29, 2016, 11:31 pm
39 Palestinians said held in Israeli adminstrative detention in past 10 days
Palestinian Prisoners Club says 45 additional suspected terrorists have their detention extended
By AFP
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh waves to the crowd during an anti-Israel rally on February 26, 2016, in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. (AFP/Said Khatib)
February 27, 2016, 12:37 am
Hamas chief: Israel, PA powerless to stop ‘intifada’
Ismail Haniyeh says surge in violence will be the ‘greatest strategic turning point in the history of the Palestinian struggle’
By Tamar Pileggi
Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed al-Qiq with Joint (Arab) List MK Osama Sa'adi at the Emek Medical Center in Afula, on February 26, 2016. (Courtesy Joint List)
February 26, 2016, 1:04 pm
Mohammed al-Qiq announces end to 94-day hunger strike
Palestinian journalist’s representatives say he has made deal with authorities that will see him released from administrative detention in May
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian man lying on a bed wears a mask depicting hunger-striking Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qiq during a demonstration in solidarity with him in the West Bank village of Bilin, February 19, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
February 22, 2016, 10:50 pm
At 89 days, Palestinian is longest-fasting hunger striker in decades
Mohammed al-Qiq’s condition said to be critical; no one else has survived this long, says Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Supporters of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Qiq hold portraits as they demonstrate in solidarity with him outside the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross near the West Bank city of Ramallah, February 7, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
February 22, 2016, 10:37 pm
Israel brings in Hamas prisoners to ask al-Qiq to end fast
Senior members of terror group taken under heavy guard to hospital bedside of hunger-striking Palestinian journalist
By ToI Staff
Photo taken on January 22, 2016, shows a Palestinian man carrying a placard bearing a portrait of Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qiq during a demonstration near Ramallah demanding his release from an Israeli jail. (Abbas Momani/AFP, File)
February 20, 2016, 8:01 pm
Report: Israel, PA nearing deal to free Palestinian hunger striker
Palestinian officials say an agreement may be reached on Sunday to end journalist Mohammed al-Qiq’s 88-day fast
By ToI Staff
Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah (right), and former Arab MK Mohammad Barakeh attend a demonstration in Sakhnin on October 13, 2015. (AFP/Jack Guez)
February 18, 2016, 6:53 pm
Radical cleric, former MK detained while visiting Palestinian hunger striker
Raed Salah, Mohammad Barakeh reportedly behaved in a disorderly manner at hospital; police raid offices allegedly tied to Salah’s outlawed group
By ToI Staff
Arab Israeli Islamist leader Sheikh Raed Salah takes part in a large anti-government demonstration in Sakhnin, October 13, 2015 (AFP/JACK GUEZ)
February 17, 2016, 3:25 am
Radical cleric starts hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian journalist
Raed Salah says he is supporting Mohammed al-Qiq, who has been refusing food for almost 3 months
By ToI Staff
A supporter of hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Qiq holds a portrait as he demonstrates in solidarity with him on February 7, 2016, outside the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP / ABBAS MOMANI)
February 16, 2016, 10:40 pm
Court denies Palestinian hunger striker transfer to Ramallah
Journalist Mohammed al-Qiq, a suspected activist in Hamas, vows to keep up his fast unless allowed treatment in West Bank
By Tamar Pileggi
Mohammed al-Qiq, a Palestinian prisoner who carried out hunger strike, talks to a man in a hospital in the northern Israeli town of Afula on February 5, 2016. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 16, 2016, 3:35 pm
Palestinian hunger striker rejects transfer to East Jerusalem hospital
Lawyers for Mohammed al-Qiq say he will only end fast if allowed to go to Ramallah hospital; court had offered to move him from Afula
By ToI Staff
Mohammed al-Qiq, a Palestinian prisoner who carried out hunger strike, talks to a man in a hospital in the northern Israeli town of Afula on February 5, 2016. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 16, 2016, 12:26 am
Supreme Court nixes West Bank transfer for Palestinian hunger-striker
Mohammed al-Qiq wants move to hospital in hometown of Ramallah, after 83 days of fasting; Court says he can go to East J’lem
By AFP
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