Israeli forces raid prisoner Samer Issawi's house day before release
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities raided the house of Samer Issawi, a Palestinian prisoner who engaged in one of the longest hunger strikes in history, on Sunday.
Authorities are expected to release Samer Issawi from Israeli prison on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said.
Issawi will be released as part of an agreement in which he ended a 266-day hunger strike in April, during which time he became an international cause célèbre who focused attention on the plight of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
But on Sunday, Israeli forces raided Issawi's house and handed notifications to his brother and his father to meet with Israeli intelligence, according to the Palestinian Center for Prisoners' Studies.
The Israeli intelligence officer who led the raid threatened Issawi's father and warned him against causing problems, they said.
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