Hunger-striking detainees on Monday signed a deal with the Israeli prison authority, officials told Ma'an.
Prisoner representatives from each of the factions agreed to the deal in Ashkelon jail after Israel accepted their demands,
Senior ...Hamas official Saleh Arouri confirmed that a deal was signed following Egyptian mediation.
Under the deal, Israel has agreed to release all detainees from solitary confinement over the next 72 hours.
An Israeli prison authority spokeswoman could not immediately be reached for comment.
Earlier Monday, Fares said a senior Egyptian officer was en route to an Israeli jail to move forward talks to end detainees' hunger strike.
Qaddura Fares said the military official was headed to Ashkelon prison as detainees were discussing the details of an Egyptian-brokered deal in response to the mass hunger strike in Israeli jails.
PA prisoners minister Issa Qaraqe said earlier the proposed deal included ending solitary confinement, not renewing administrative detention for detainees held without trial, releasing all prisoners who have finished their sentence and allowing family visits and phone calls.
In the past month, around 2,000 prisoners joined a group of administrative detainees on hunger-strike, according to prisoners groups' estimates.
Bilal Diab, 27, and Thaer Halahla, 33 --both held without charge -- have gone for 77 days without food.
On Monday, thousands of people held a rally in Gaza in support of the hunger strikers. "We will give our souls and blood to redeem the prisoners," the crowd chanted.
Prisoner representatives from each of the factions agreed to the deal in Ashkelon jail after Israel accepted their demands,
Senior ...Hamas official Saleh Arouri confirmed that a deal was signed following Egyptian mediation.
Under the deal, Israel has agreed to release all detainees from solitary confinement over the next 72 hours.
An Israeli prison authority spokeswoman could not immediately be reached for comment.
Earlier Monday, Fares said a senior Egyptian officer was en route to an Israeli jail to move forward talks to end detainees' hunger strike.
Qaddura Fares said the military official was headed to Ashkelon prison as detainees were discussing the details of an Egyptian-brokered deal in response to the mass hunger strike in Israeli jails.
PA prisoners minister Issa Qaraqe said earlier the proposed deal included ending solitary confinement, not renewing administrative detention for detainees held without trial, releasing all prisoners who have finished their sentence and allowing family visits and phone calls.
In the past month, around 2,000 prisoners joined a group of administrative detainees on hunger-strike, according to prisoners groups' estimates.
Bilal Diab, 27, and Thaer Halahla, 33 --both held without charge -- have gone for 77 days without food.
On Monday, thousands of people held a rally in Gaza in support of the hunger strikers. "We will give our souls and blood to redeem the prisoners," the crowd chanted.
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