Palestinian detainee ends hunger strike, expects release

By AREEJ HAZBOUN and JOSEPH KRAUSS
Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian detainee held without charge or trial by Israel says he is ending his nearly six-month hunger strike after reaching an agreement to be released in October. Lawyers and physicians have warned that the 40-year-old detainee was at risk of dying and already suffering neurological damage from the prolonged hunger strike. He was protesting being held without charge or trial in what’s known as administrative detention. Israel says the practice is needed to jail dangerous militants, while critics say it denies detainees due process.