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Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed and Lewie Chiaramello were the last prisoners remaining on hunger strike.

Teuta Hoxha, Jon Cink, Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib, who had paused their strikes late last year, also agreed to end their hunger strikes.

Muraisi, Ahmed and Chiaramello agreed late Wednesday to end their hunger strike following reports that the British government had decided not to award Elbit Systems a £2 billion contract.

Muraisi and Ahmed had refused food for more than 60 days. Chiaramello, who has type 1 diabetes and had been refusing food daily, was on his 46th day.

The decision to end the hunger strike came after medical experts repeatedly warned the government that the striking prisoners were on the brink of death and facing irreversible organ damage.

The end of the hunger strike also marks the conclusion of the longest hunger strike in British history.

Prisoners for Palestine, a group supporting the families and friends of the hunger-striking prisoners, said the continued imprisonment of the protesters would remain “a stain on Britain’s image as a ‘democratic’ country.”

The group said: “The hunger strike reinforced this reality across the country and the world: Britain has political prisoners in the service of a foreign genocidal regime. At a time of intensifying political repression and widespread propaganda about a non-existent ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza, the hunger strike stands as evidence of ongoing resistance.”