'Victory': Palestinians End Hunger Strike After Israel Agrees to Demands
<div class='node-body'><p>Nearly 1,600 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons have ended a 28-day hunger strike after an Egypt-brokered deal was successful and amid fears that any deaths would result in a violent backlash in the occupied West Bank and in Gaza.</p>
<p>The prisoners' hunger strike centered on demands for an end to solitary confinement, more family visits, and the elimination of "detention without trial", a practice condemned internationally as an affront to justice and human rights.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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