Ammon News - By Omar Obeidat / The Jordan Times

AMMAN –– Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails ended their hunger strike on Sunday after reaching a deal with Israeli intelligence, said Fadi Farah, spokesperson of the National Committee for Prisoners in Israel.

Farah told The Jordan Times that the prisoners reached a deal to end their 103-day hunger strike as prison service authorities and the intelligence department in Tel Aviv agreed to meet the main demands of the prisoners.

The activist added that the details of the deal are still unknown as prisoners and their lawyer are still in a meeting with officials from the “Zionist Entity”.

“We are waiting for the lawyer to give us more details later on the day,” he said, noting that the committee was planning a press conference at 8:00pm Sunday at the Professional Associations Complex in Amman.

Farah said that the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv had no role in the deal, criticising embassy officials for not being involved in the negotiations.

On May 2, five out of the 26 Jordanian prisoners incarcerated in Israeli prisons began a hunger strike to press the Israeli authorities to release them and to demand familial visits and healthcare provided by Jordanian doctors.

The striking prisoners are Abdullah Barghouthi, Alaa Hammad, Hamzeh Dabbas, Mohammad Rimawi and Muneer Merei.

According to Fedaa, the media team supporting Jordanian prisoners incarcerated in Israel, the health conditions of the prisoners, particularly Barghouthi, were deteriorating.

Families of the prisoners have been staging sit-ins in front of the Royal Court and government agencies for months to press authorities to take action.