The woman was the mother of prisoner Ammar al-Zeben who was imprisoned in an Israeli jail, the medics said, adding that she was affected by a heart attack two days before her death as a result of the hunger strike.

   Doctors had advised the old woman not to continue fasting, but she refused to listen and insisted on keeping solidarity with her son.

   The woman's son al-Zeben is sentenced to a 27-life imprisonment on accusations of being a member of Izel Dein Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.

   Thousands of Palestinian prisoners launched an open-end hunger strike on Aug. 15 in protest against their living conditions in Israeli jails and the humiliation measures taken against them.

   Israel was forced to begin talks Saturday with representatives of Palestinian prisoners under international pressure, which, however, has yielded no agreement so far.  Enditem