PNN/Jerusalem

After more than 3 months on hunger striker to protest his administrative detention without a charge and almost close to lose his life, the Palestinian Prisoners Society announced that the Palestinian journalist Mohammad al-Qiq ended his strike this Friday after his lawyers reached an agreement with the Israeli government.

In a statement released early Friday, Qadura Fares, the head of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, stated that while Israel had not agreed to al-Qiq’s immediate release, a “compromise” had been reached.

His wife specified and confirmed exclusively to PNN that the agreement include al-Qiq’s release on May, 21, 2016 and that Israel’s six-month administrative detention sentence against her husband will not be renewed.

She added that al-Qiq would also be allowed visits from his family, including herself, their two children, and his father.

The agreement also foresees to transfer al-Qiq to any other hospital in the 48 territories – Israel, once the Israeli authorities did not agree to transfer him to a hospital in the occupied West Bank.

al-Qiq’s case gained international attention after many demonstrations in solidarity with him came from European countries and social media appeals.

Furthermore, several human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, demanded the immediate release of al-Qiq.

The 33-year-old journalist and father of two is reportedly on the verge of organ failure after only consuming water with salt.

Al-Qiq was working as a correspondent for Saudi Arabia’s Almajd television network when he was arrested at his West Bank home in Ramallah on November 21.

He is one of 6,800 Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel, including 660 administrative detainees and 18 journalists; many of them have been subjected to torture.