Amman, Ramadan 1, 1438, May 27, 2017, SPA -- Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails suspended a hunger strike they started on April 17 for 24 hours, in an effort to improve the deplorable conditions faced by 6,500 prisoners. President of the Palestinian Prisoner Society Qadourah Faris told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the prisoners suspended their hunger strike after concluding an agreement with Israel, allowing prisoners to receive two visitors per month. The strike was called by Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti to protest against solitary confinement and an Israeli practice of detention without trial that has been applied to thousands of prisoners since the 1980s, Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported. --SPA 17:45 LOCAL TIME 14:45 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w415665