RAMALLAH, (PIC)- Palestinian detainee Muhammad al-Qeiq refused an Israeli offer to release him on May 1 in return for suspending his hunger strike, the Prisoners’ Committee said Sunday. According to the Prisoners’ and Ex-prisoners’ Committee the Israeli offer was put forward to the Palestinian MK Osama al-Saadi and lawyer Ashraf Abu Esneineh overnight Saturday after al-Qeiq’s health had sharply deteriorated at the Afula hospital and after medics expressed fears that he would die at any moment. Al-Qeiq voiced his firm rebuff of any conditional release, calling for his immediate release. Hamas in the West Bank has, meanwhile, declared Sunday a day of national anger in support for al-Qeiq. Hamas called in a statement for a mass participation in the rallies and events set to be staged across the occupied territories in solidarity with al-Qeiq. “Israel will pay a heavy price for its mistreatment of the hunger-striker,” a statement by Hamas read. “Any turn for the worse al-Qeiq’s life might take would fan the flames of the anti-occupation intifada.” Hamas urged the mass media and student blocs to mobilize mass support for al-Qeiq and speak up for his right to live freely.