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epa03674252 A Palestinian Hamas security personnel prays in front of a picture of Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi, in central Gaza City, 23 April 2013. The Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike to demand his release from an Israeli jail ended his fast 23 April, after a deal was reached between him and the Israeli military prosecutor, his lawyer said. Lawyer Jawad Boulus said Samer Issawi accepted a deal in which Issawi would spend eight more months in prison, after which he will be released to his home in Issawiyeh, an East Jerusalem Arab neighbourhood. Issawi began his hunger strike in August 2012. He had been released from an Israeli jail in October 2011, as part of a deal which saw Israel free over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in return for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held captive in the Gaza Strip for five years. EPA/ALI ALI