Hunger-striker Al Qiq reportedly to be released Sunday

Published February 21st, 2016 - 05:30 GMT
Palestinians take part in a demonstration demanding the release of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Al Qiq  from Israeli jails, in front of al-Quds Dome of the Rock mosque at the al-Aqsa mosque on January 22, 2016. (AFP/File)
Palestinians take part in a demonstration demanding the release of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Al Qiq from Israeli jails, in front of al-Quds Dome of the Rock mosque at the al-Aqsa mosque on January 22, 2016. (AFP/File)

Palestinian officials told local media on Saturday that Israel will soon free Mohammad al-Qiq, the journalist who has been on a hunger strike since being placed in administrative detention three months ago for alleged Hamas-linked activities.

An official with the Palestinian Authority’s prisoner affairs committee told Ma’an news agency that al-Qiq, who is now hospitalized in serious condition at Emek Medical Center in Afula, is likely to be released on Sunday.