GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel expelled a Palestinian prisoner Sunday to the Gaza Strip as part of a compromise deal that persuaded her to end her 43-day hunger strike.
Under the terms of her release, Hana Shalabi, a 30-year-old from the West Bank, must remain in the seaside strip for the next three years.
Shalabi went on hunger strike to protest Israel’s policy of “administrative detention,” under which it holds some Palestinian prisoners for months — even years — without charges.
Shalabi launched the strike after being placed in administrative detention on Feb. 16. She ended it on Thursday.
The Israeli prison authority said she was in custody for unspecified terror activity.
Shalabi was initially released last year in a prisoner swap that freed Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit from captivity in Gaza in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
