Jordanian prisoner in Israel Alaa Hammad has “suspended” his hunger strike for four days, pending a positive response to meet his demands, activists said Wednesday.

Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF) Chairman Suleiman Hafez on Wednesday revealed new, but not major, details over the mysterious Qatari firm that alleges it bought the fund’s stake in Jordan’s second largest bank.

Jordan aims to spend at least $1 billion next year in mainly Gulf-financed development projects to spur its aid-dependent economy, badly hit by an influx of 1.2 million Syrian refugees, the planning minister said on Tuesday.