9 feb 2014
Israel on Sunday evening delivered the remains of Ahmad Ayid Faqih after years of withholding them from Faqih's family.
A committee to retrieve remains of Palestinians held by Israel said Israeli authorities delivered the body after popular and legal pressure in the last few hours after it was announced that the delivery of the body was delayed.
The campaign called for Palestinians to participate in Faqih’s funeral in his hometown of Dura, which will start with a military march in Hebron at 10 Am.
A committee to retrieve remains of Palestinians held by Israel said Israeli authorities delivered the body after popular and legal pressure in the last few hours after it was announced that the delivery of the body was delayed.
The campaign called for Palestinians to participate in Faqih’s funeral in his hometown of Dura, which will start with a military march in Hebron at 10 Am.
6 feb 2014
Israeli authorities will return the body of a young Palestinian man to his family next week after having kept it for nearly 12 years, as part of a larger repatriation of Palestinian bodies by Israel.
Israeli human rights group Center for the Defense of the Individual (HaMoked) said that the body of Habash Hanani from Beit Furik near Nablus will be delivered at 8 p.m. on Tuesday to al-Taybeh crossing, following the completion of necessary DNA tests.
Hanani was killed on May 28, 2002 after he opened fire near the illegal Israeli settlement of Itamar near Nablus in the West Bank, killing three settlers and wounding two.
The attack came at the height of the Second Intifada, a Palestinian uprising in the 2000s against the decades-long Israeli occupation.
Since the late 1960s, Israel has withheld the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians. Their bodies are interred in numbered, rather than named, graves in four cemeteries created for that purpose, the biggest of which is located in the Jordan Valley.
So far this year, a number of Palestinian families have received the remains of relatives who were killed by Israeli forces and whose bodies had been held in Israel, and the number is expected to increase.
Israeli human rights group Center for the Defense of the Individual (HaMoked) said that the body of Habash Hanani from Beit Furik near Nablus will be delivered at 8 p.m. on Tuesday to al-Taybeh crossing, following the completion of necessary DNA tests.
Hanani was killed on May 28, 2002 after he opened fire near the illegal Israeli settlement of Itamar near Nablus in the West Bank, killing three settlers and wounding two.
The attack came at the height of the Second Intifada, a Palestinian uprising in the 2000s against the decades-long Israeli occupation.
Since the late 1960s, Israel has withheld the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians. Their bodies are interred in numbered, rather than named, graves in four cemeteries created for that purpose, the biggest of which is located in the Jordan Valley.
So far this year, a number of Palestinian families have received the remains of relatives who were killed by Israeli forces and whose bodies had been held in Israel, and the number is expected to increase.
Israel will return the remains on Sunday of a Palestinian killed by soldiers over a decade ago, an Israeli human right groups said on Thursday.
Israeli rights group Center for the Defense of the Individual (HaMoked), said in a statement that the remains of Ahmad Ayid Faqih from the Hebron area town of Dura, will be returned via the Tarqumiya checkpoint west of Hebron on Sunday evening.
The remains matched DNA samples taken from relatives, HaMoked said.
Faqih was killed on Dec. 27, 2002 after he and Muhammad Mustafa Shahin broke into the Israeli settlement of Otniel south of Hebron and opened fire inside a Yeshiva school. The attack killed two Israeli soldiers and two settlers before Faqih and his companion were shot dead in the ensuing firefight.
At the time Faqih was 20 years old.
The Islamic Jihad movement claimed responsibility for the operation, which came at the height of the Second Intifada, a Palestinian uprising in the 2000s against the decades-long Israeli occupation.
Since the late 1960s, Israel has withheld the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians. Their bodies are interred in numbered, rather than named, graves in four cemeteries created for that purpose, the biggest of which is located in the Jordan Valley.
So far this year, a number of Palestinian families have received the remains of relatives who were killed by Israeli forces and whose bodies had been held in Israel, and the number is expected to increase.
Israeli rights group Center for the Defense of the Individual (HaMoked), said in a statement that the remains of Ahmad Ayid Faqih from the Hebron area town of Dura, will be returned via the Tarqumiya checkpoint west of Hebron on Sunday evening.
The remains matched DNA samples taken from relatives, HaMoked said.
Faqih was killed on Dec. 27, 2002 after he and Muhammad Mustafa Shahin broke into the Israeli settlement of Otniel south of Hebron and opened fire inside a Yeshiva school. The attack killed two Israeli soldiers and two settlers before Faqih and his companion were shot dead in the ensuing firefight.
At the time Faqih was 20 years old.
The Islamic Jihad movement claimed responsibility for the operation, which came at the height of the Second Intifada, a Palestinian uprising in the 2000s against the decades-long Israeli occupation.
Since the late 1960s, Israel has withheld the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians. Their bodies are interred in numbered, rather than named, graves in four cemeteries created for that purpose, the biggest of which is located in the Jordan Valley.
So far this year, a number of Palestinian families have received the remains of relatives who were killed by Israeli forces and whose bodies had been held in Israel, and the number is expected to increase.
3 feb 2014
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Thousands of people attended the funeral on Monday of two Palestinians whose remains were returned by Israel a day earlier.
On Sunday, relatives gathered at the Tarqumia checkpoint southwest of Hebron to receive the remains of Ayat al-Akhras, from Duheisha refugee camp, and Daoud Abu Swayy, from the village of Artas. Al-Akhras, 18, died in 2002 after she detonated an explosive belt outside a supermarket in West Jerusalem, killing herself, 17-year-old Rachel Levy, and a security guard. Abu Swayy, 46, died after detonating an explosive belt in West Jerusalem outside of the David |
Citadel Hotel. Three people were injured in the blast.
The funeral procession started at Beit Jala government hospital and participants marched to Duheisha refugee camp before arriving at the nearby village of Artas.
They were both buried in the al-Shuhada cemetery in Artas.
The father of al-Akhras told Ma'an that the large number of mourners prove that they had been victorious.
"We have beaten them with our word and patience," he said.
The 2002 attack by Ayat Al-Akhras gained widespread attention as it involved one of a handful of female suicide bombers.
The funeral procession started at Beit Jala government hospital and participants marched to Duheisha refugee camp before arriving at the nearby village of Artas.
They were both buried in the al-Shuhada cemetery in Artas.
The father of al-Akhras told Ma'an that the large number of mourners prove that they had been victorious.
"We have beaten them with our word and patience," he said.
The 2002 attack by Ayat Al-Akhras gained widespread attention as it involved one of a handful of female suicide bombers.
Ayat Muhammad Lutfi al-Akhras
Israeli forces returned the remains of two Palestinians from the Bethlehem area who had been held in numbered graves for over a decade.
Relatives gathered at the Tarqumia checkpoint southwest of Hebron late Sunday to receive the remains of Ayat al-Akhras, from Duheisha refugee camp, and Daoud Abu Swayy, from the village of Artas.
Al-Akhras, 18, died in 2002 after she detonated an explosive belt outside a supermarket in West Jerusalem, killing herself, 17-year-old Rachel Levy, and a security guard.
Abu Swayy, 46, died after detonating an explosive belt in West Jerusalem outside of the David Citadel Hotel. Three people were injured in the blast.
The remains will be buried later on Monday.
A committee tasked with retrieving the remains of Palestinians held by Israel said last week that around 281 Palestinians killed in confrontations with Israeli forces are still being held in numbered graves.
Over 100 have been returned, the group added.
Israeli forces returned the remains of two Palestinians from the Bethlehem area who had been held in numbered graves for over a decade.
Relatives gathered at the Tarqumia checkpoint southwest of Hebron late Sunday to receive the remains of Ayat al-Akhras, from Duheisha refugee camp, and Daoud Abu Swayy, from the village of Artas.
Al-Akhras, 18, died in 2002 after she detonated an explosive belt outside a supermarket in West Jerusalem, killing herself, 17-year-old Rachel Levy, and a security guard.
Abu Swayy, 46, died after detonating an explosive belt in West Jerusalem outside of the David Citadel Hotel. Three people were injured in the blast.
The remains will be buried later on Monday.
A committee tasked with retrieving the remains of Palestinians held by Israel said last week that around 281 Palestinians killed in confrontations with Israeli forces are still being held in numbered graves.
Over 100 have been returned, the group added.
2 feb 2014
(Israel) is scheduled on Sunday to hand over remains of two Palestinians, killed by the Israeli forces over a decade ago, via the Tarqumiya checkpoint west of Hebron, a Palestinian committee said. According to a committee called “the national campaign for retrieving the bodies of the Palestinian martyrs”, Daod Abu Sawa and Ayat al-Akhras were shot dead in Jerusalem on December 5, 2001 and March 29, 2002, respectively.
The committee said with the remains of both delivered, (Israel) would have returned 8 out of the 36, currently held in Israeli numbered graves, it recently announced would be freed.
The number of the bodies still held in Israel’s ‘numbered graves’ cemetery is 280, while 65 others are allegedly missing, it added.
Since the late 1960s, the Israeli occupation has kept the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians in numbered graves in a cemetery near the occupied Jordan Valley.
The committee said with the remains of both delivered, (Israel) would have returned 8 out of the 36, currently held in Israeli numbered graves, it recently announced would be freed.
The number of the bodies still held in Israel’s ‘numbered graves’ cemetery is 280, while 65 others are allegedly missing, it added.
Since the late 1960s, the Israeli occupation has kept the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians in numbered graves in a cemetery near the occupied Jordan Valley.
30 jan 2014
Israeli authorities will return next Sunday the remains of a young Palestinian woman held in a “numbered graves” cemetery for twelve years, Palestinian officials said Wednesday.
A committee tasked with retrieving “martyrs’ bodies” confirmed Wednesday that remains of Ayat Muhammad Lutfi al-Akhras from Duheisha refugee camp near Bethlehem will be delivered to her family at Tarqumia checkpoint to the southwest of Hebron on Sunday evening.
Six bodies have been returned recently out of 36 Israel pledged it would return.
According to the committee, freeing al-Akhras’ body brings the overall number of dead Palestinians retrieved from Israel to 100. On the other hand, remains of 281 Palestinians killed in confrontations with the Israeli forces are still held in “numbered graves” in Israel, the committee believes.
In addition, 65 others are considered missing.
Al-Akhras was killed on March 29, 2002 after she detonated an explosive belt in west Jerusalem killing two Israelis. She was 18 years old.
A committee tasked with retrieving “martyrs’ bodies” confirmed Wednesday that remains of Ayat Muhammad Lutfi al-Akhras from Duheisha refugee camp near Bethlehem will be delivered to her family at Tarqumia checkpoint to the southwest of Hebron on Sunday evening.
Six bodies have been returned recently out of 36 Israel pledged it would return.
According to the committee, freeing al-Akhras’ body brings the overall number of dead Palestinians retrieved from Israel to 100. On the other hand, remains of 281 Palestinians killed in confrontations with the Israeli forces are still held in “numbered graves” in Israel, the committee believes.
In addition, 65 others are considered missing.
Al-Akhras was killed on March 29, 2002 after she detonated an explosive belt in west Jerusalem killing two Israelis. She was 18 years old.
29 jan 2014
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The remains of Ahmad Abdul Jawad and Abdul Karim Tahayneh were re-buried Wednesday at their hometowns in funerals attended by hundreds of people. Israel returned the remains of Tahayneh, from Silat al-Harthiya village near Jenin, and Abdul Jawad, from Askar refugee camp in Nablus, to their families on Tuesday night for their reburial.
Israel agreed this month to return remains of 36 Palestinians it has kept for many years in graves in an Israeli cemetery marked only by numbers. It has so far returned six remains. It is expected to release on Sunday the remains of Ayat Muhammad al-Akhras, from Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, who died in a suicide operation in March 2002 in Jerusalem. She was 18 years old at the time. |
27 jan 2014
Israeli authorities will return the remains of a Palestinian militant who carried out a bombing inside Israel over a decade ago, a human right groups said on Monday.
Israeli human rights group Center for the Defense of the Individual (HaMoked) said in a statement that the remains of Abdul-Karim Tahaynah from Silat al-Harithiya in the Jenin district will be returned on Sunday, twelve years after he was killed in an operation in northern Israel.
Tahaynah's remains will be returned via the Taybeh checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem at 8 p.m. on Sunday.
The remains matched DNA samples taken from relatives, HaMoked added.
Tahaynah died on March 5, 2002 after he detonated an explosive belt he had on his body inside an Israeli bus in Afula. The operation killed one Israeli passenger and and injured more than twenty others.
Islamic Jihad's military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, claimed responsibility for the operation, which took place at the height of the Second Intifada against the Israeli occupation.
The day before the attack, 17 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli attacks across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
So far this year, four Palestinian families have received the remains of relatives who were killed by Israeli forces and whose bodies had been held in Israel. A fifth family is expected to receive their relative's remains on Tuesday.
Salim Khillah, a spokesman for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, told Ma'an on Jan. 17 that Israeli authorities had decided to return the remains of 36 Palestinians held in Israeli "numbered graves."
Khillah said Israel had agreed to return the remains as a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
But a spokesman for an Israeli human rights group told Ma'an Thursday that the delivery of the remains was the result of a Supreme Court decision.
A spokesman for HaMoked said that the decision came in response to the organization's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel's custody.
Israeli human rights group Center for the Defense of the Individual (HaMoked) said in a statement that the remains of Abdul-Karim Tahaynah from Silat al-Harithiya in the Jenin district will be returned on Sunday, twelve years after he was killed in an operation in northern Israel.
Tahaynah's remains will be returned via the Taybeh checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem at 8 p.m. on Sunday.
The remains matched DNA samples taken from relatives, HaMoked added.
Tahaynah died on March 5, 2002 after he detonated an explosive belt he had on his body inside an Israeli bus in Afula. The operation killed one Israeli passenger and and injured more than twenty others.
Islamic Jihad's military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, claimed responsibility for the operation, which took place at the height of the Second Intifada against the Israeli occupation.
The day before the attack, 17 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli attacks across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
So far this year, four Palestinian families have received the remains of relatives who were killed by Israeli forces and whose bodies had been held in Israel. A fifth family is expected to receive their relative's remains on Tuesday.
Salim Khillah, a spokesman for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, told Ma'an on Jan. 17 that Israeli authorities had decided to return the remains of 36 Palestinians held in Israeli "numbered graves."
Khillah said Israel had agreed to return the remains as a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
But a spokesman for an Israeli human rights group told Ma'an Thursday that the delivery of the remains was the result of a Supreme Court decision.
A spokesman for HaMoked said that the decision came in response to the organization's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel's custody.
25 jan 2014
Israeli authorities are scheduled to return the remains of a Palestinian man from the northern West Bank on Tuesday, a Palestinian group said in a statement.
A campaign to retrieve the remains of Palestinians held in Israel said that the family of Ahmad Hafith Saadat Abd al-Jawwad would receive his remains on Tuesday at the Taybeh checkpoint near Tulkarem.
Abd al-Jawwad's family lives in Askur refugee camp near Nablus in the northern West Bank, according to the statement.
The man was killed after he clashed with Israeli security guards near the illegal Israeli settlement of Alon Moreh near Nablus on March 28, 2002. He was 19.
So far this year, four Palestinian families have received the remains of relatives who were killed by Israeli forces and whose bodies had been held in Israel.
Salim Khillah, a spokesman for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, told Ma'an on Jan. 17 that Israeli authorities had decided to return the remains of 36 Palestinians held in Israeli "numbered graves."
Khallah said Israel had agreed to return the remains as a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
But a spokesman for an Israeli human rights group told Ma'an Thursday that the delivery of the remains was the result of a Supreme Court decision.
A spokesman for HaMoked said that the decision came in response to the organization's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel's custody.
A campaign to retrieve the remains of Palestinians held in Israel said that the family of Ahmad Hafith Saadat Abd al-Jawwad would receive his remains on Tuesday at the Taybeh checkpoint near Tulkarem.
Abd al-Jawwad's family lives in Askur refugee camp near Nablus in the northern West Bank, according to the statement.
The man was killed after he clashed with Israeli security guards near the illegal Israeli settlement of Alon Moreh near Nablus on March 28, 2002. He was 19.
So far this year, four Palestinian families have received the remains of relatives who were killed by Israeli forces and whose bodies had been held in Israel.
Salim Khillah, a spokesman for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, told Ma'an on Jan. 17 that Israeli authorities had decided to return the remains of 36 Palestinians held in Israeli "numbered graves."
Khallah said Israel had agreed to return the remains as a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
But a spokesman for an Israeli human rights group told Ma'an Thursday that the delivery of the remains was the result of a Supreme Court decision.
A spokesman for HaMoked said that the decision came in response to the organization's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel's custody.
22 jan 2014
Ameera was killed by Israeli forces when he was 18, his uncle told Ma'an.
He died on Mar. 30, 2002 after carrying out "an operation at an Israeli military checkpoint in Baqa al-Gharbiya, killing an Israeli soldier," his uncle said.
Samahna was a Palestinian activist who was wanted by Israel, said Abd al-Latif Shtayyeh.
Shtayyeh said he was present when Samahna died.
Samahna and other activists "were hiding in an orange grove (when) Israeli forces attacked them," Shtayyeh said.
"Israeli military helicopters started to bombard the grove from all directions. Ata Samahna was killed immediately by a direct hit."
Salim Khillah, a spokesman for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, said Friday that Israeli authorities had decided to return the remains of 36 Palestinians held in Israeli "numbered graves."
Khallah said Israel had agreed to return the remains as a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
But a spokesman for an Israeli human rights group told Ma'an Thursday that the delivery of the remains was the result of a Supreme Court decision.
A spokesman for HaMoked said that the decision came in response to the organization's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel's custody.
He died on Mar. 30, 2002 after carrying out "an operation at an Israeli military checkpoint in Baqa al-Gharbiya, killing an Israeli soldier," his uncle said.
Samahna was a Palestinian activist who was wanted by Israel, said Abd al-Latif Shtayyeh.
Shtayyeh said he was present when Samahna died.
Samahna and other activists "were hiding in an orange grove (when) Israeli forces attacked them," Shtayyeh said.
"Israeli military helicopters started to bombard the grove from all directions. Ata Samahna was killed immediately by a direct hit."
Salim Khillah, a spokesman for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, said Friday that Israeli authorities had decided to return the remains of 36 Palestinians held in Israeli "numbered graves."
Khallah said Israel had agreed to return the remains as a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
But a spokesman for an Israeli human rights group told Ma'an Thursday that the delivery of the remains was the result of a Supreme Court decision.
A spokesman for HaMoked said that the decision came in response to the organization's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel's custody.
Israel on Tuesday returned the remains of two men who were held in “numbered graves,” according to an official tasked with repatriating Palestinian remains.
Salim Khillah, cordinator for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, said the remains of Fathi Jihad Ameera and Ata Ibrahim Samhan Samahna were delivered to Taybeh checkpoint near Tulkarem.
The remains were taken to Nablus Hospital and will be buried Wednesday during a funeral.
Ameera, from the village of al-Nasiriya near Tubas, was killed on March 30, 2002, and Samahna, from Nablus, was shot dead in 2004 at the age of 60.
On Monday the remains of Majdi Khanfar, which were handed over by Israel 12 years after his death last week, were buried in his home district of Jenin.
Mourners raised Palestinian flags and some fired shots in the air as he was laid to rest in Silat al-Dhahir.
Salim Khillah, cordinator for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, said the remains of Fathi Jihad Ameera and Ata Ibrahim Samhan Samahna were delivered to Taybeh checkpoint near Tulkarem.
The remains were taken to Nablus Hospital and will be buried Wednesday during a funeral.
Ameera, from the village of al-Nasiriya near Tubas, was killed on March 30, 2002, and Samahna, from Nablus, was shot dead in 2004 at the age of 60.
On Monday the remains of Majdi Khanfar, which were handed over by Israel 12 years after his death last week, were buried in his home district of Jenin.
Mourners raised Palestinian flags and some fired shots in the air as he was laid to rest in Silat al-Dhahir.
21 jan 2014
Israel will return the remains on Sunday of a Palestinian killed by soldiers over a decade ago, a human right groups said.
Israeli rights group HaMoked, or Center for the Defense of the Individual, said in a statement that the remains of Shadi Hamamrah, from Husan, will be returned via the Tarqumiya checkpoint west of Hebron at 8 p.m. on Sunday.
The remains matched DNA samples taken from relatives, HaMoked said.
Family members say the Palestinian Authority has not officially informed them about the decision to return Hamamrah's remains.
Hamamrah was shot dead near the Malha neighborhood in Jerusalem on March 26, 2002. Khalid Mousa from al-Khader village was killed in the same incident.
Israel has held their remains since the killings.
On Saturday, a Palestinian committee spokesman told Ma'an that Israel will return the remains of 36 Palestinians currently held in Israeli numbered graves.
Since the late 1960s, Israel has withheld the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians, interred in numbered, rather than named, graves in a cemetery in the occupied West Bank's Jordan Valley.
Israeli rights group HaMoked, or Center for the Defense of the Individual, said in a statement that the remains of Shadi Hamamrah, from Husan, will be returned via the Tarqumiya checkpoint west of Hebron at 8 p.m. on Sunday.
The remains matched DNA samples taken from relatives, HaMoked said.
Family members say the Palestinian Authority has not officially informed them about the decision to return Hamamrah's remains.
Hamamrah was shot dead near the Malha neighborhood in Jerusalem on March 26, 2002. Khalid Mousa from al-Khader village was killed in the same incident.
Israel has held their remains since the killings.
On Saturday, a Palestinian committee spokesman told Ma'an that Israel will return the remains of 36 Palestinians currently held in Israeli numbered graves.
Since the late 1960s, Israel has withheld the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians, interred in numbered, rather than named, graves in a cemetery in the occupied West Bank's Jordan Valley.
20 jan 2014
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Thousands of Palestinian on Monday participated in the funeral procession of Majdi Khanfar, whose remains were handed over by Israel 12 years after his death.
Mourners raised Palestinian flags and some fired shots in the air as he was laid to rest in his village of Silat al-Dhahir in the West Bank's Jenin district. Jenin governor Talal Dweikat said burying Khanfar was a basic right and long overdue. Funeral Held for Remains Returned by Israel Hundreds of people participated Monday in the funeral of Majdi Abdel Jawad Khanfar, from Silat |
al-Dahr, near Jenin, whose remains Israel returned to his family late Sunday after holding his body in a numbered grave inside Israel for 12 years. A military funeral procession was held with the participation of the governor of Jenin, Talal Dweikat, along with heads of the security forces and members of the parliament.
Khanfar was killed when he was 33 and his body was buried in a cemetery in Israel since then.
Israel is supposed to return two more bodies to their families on Tuesday also to be reburied in their hometowns.
The remains of Fathi Jihad Amirah from Nablus had been held in Israel since March 2002 after he was killed in suicide operation inside Israel, and Ata Ibrahim Samahne, from Tubas, held since 2004 when he was killed in an Israeli army operation.
Israel is supposed to return remains of dozens of Palestinians held in graves identified by numbers only in the coming days after doing DNA tests on them to be able to identify them.
Khanfar was killed when he was 33 and his body was buried in a cemetery in Israel since then.
Israel is supposed to return two more bodies to their families on Tuesday also to be reburied in their hometowns.
The remains of Fathi Jihad Amirah from Nablus had been held in Israel since March 2002 after he was killed in suicide operation inside Israel, and Ata Ibrahim Samahne, from Tubas, held since 2004 when he was killed in an Israeli army operation.
Israel is supposed to return remains of dozens of Palestinians held in graves identified by numbers only in the coming days after doing DNA tests on them to be able to identify them.
19 jan 2014
The remains of two Palestinians currently held in Israel will be delivered to the West Bank on Tuesday, a statement said Sunday.
A campaign to retrieve the remains of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces said in a statement that the remains of Fathi Jihad Ameera and Ata Ibrahim Samhan Samahna would be delivered to Taybeh checkpoint near Tulkarem at 8 p.m.
Ameera, from the village of al-Nasiriya near Tubas, was killed on March 30, 2002, the statement said.
Samahna, from Nablus, was shot dead in 2004 at the age of 60, it added.
The remains of one Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in 2002, Majdi Abd al-Jawad Khanfar, was returned on Sunday at 8 p.m at the same checkpoint, a Ma'an reporter said.
Campaign spokesman Salim Khillah said that Israel's decision to return the remains was a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
The spokesman for HaMoked, an Israeli human rights group, told Ma'an Thursday that the decision was the result of a Supreme Court decision.
A campaign to retrieve the remains of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces said in a statement that the remains of Fathi Jihad Ameera and Ata Ibrahim Samhan Samahna would be delivered to Taybeh checkpoint near Tulkarem at 8 p.m.
Ameera, from the village of al-Nasiriya near Tubas, was killed on March 30, 2002, the statement said.
Samahna, from Nablus, was shot dead in 2004 at the age of 60, it added.
The remains of one Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in 2002, Majdi Abd al-Jawad Khanfar, was returned on Sunday at 8 p.m at the same checkpoint, a Ma'an reporter said.
Campaign spokesman Salim Khillah said that Israel's decision to return the remains was a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
The spokesman for HaMoked, an Israeli human rights group, told Ma'an Thursday that the decision was the result of a Supreme Court decision.
18 jan 2014
Israel will return the remains of 36 Palestinians currently held in Israeli "numbered graves," a Palestinian committee spokesman told Ma'an.
Salim Khillah, a spokesman for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, said Friday that Israel had agreed to release the remains as a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
He said the remains would be delivered next Sunday.
The remains of one Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in 2002, Majdi Abd al-Jawad Khanfar, will be returned on Sunday at 8 p.m to the Taybeh checkpoint near Tulkarem, Khillah said.
A military funeral will be held in Khanfar's home village of Silat al-Dhahir, he added.
The delivery of the remains is the result of a Supreme Court decision, the spokesman for an Israeli human rights group told Ma'an Thursday.
A spokesman for HaMoked said that the decision came in response to the organization's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel's custody.
He said a DNA match for Khanfar's body had already been confirmed, but that DNA tests for the others were still yet to be completed.
Khanfar was killed on March 30, 2002 after he and another member of Fatah's military wing attacked an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank, killing an Israeli soldier.
Salim Khillah, a spokesman for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, said Friday that Israel had agreed to release the remains as a gesture to encourage the PLO to continue with peace negotiations.
He said the remains would be delivered next Sunday.
The remains of one Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in 2002, Majdi Abd al-Jawad Khanfar, will be returned on Sunday at 8 p.m to the Taybeh checkpoint near Tulkarem, Khillah said.
A military funeral will be held in Khanfar's home village of Silat al-Dhahir, he added.
The delivery of the remains is the result of a Supreme Court decision, the spokesman for an Israeli human rights group told Ma'an Thursday.
A spokesman for HaMoked said that the decision came in response to the organization's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel's custody.
He said a DNA match for Khanfar's body had already been confirmed, but that DNA tests for the others were still yet to be completed.
Khanfar was killed on March 30, 2002 after he and another member of Fatah's military wing attacked an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank, killing an Israeli soldier.
16 jan 2014
Israeli authorities have agreed to deliver the remains of a Palestinian man, who was killed by Israeli forces in 2002, to his family in the northern West Bank, an Israeli organization said Thursday.
The Supreme Court ruled that Israel would send the remains of Majdi Abd al-Jawad Khanfar to his family in the village of Silat al-Dhahir in the West Bank's Jenin district, a spokesperson for the Center for the Defense of the Individual told Ma'an.
The decision came in response to the center's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel, the spokesman said.
Khanfar's remains will be delivered to his family on Jan. 26, he said, adding that a DNA match had already been confirmed.
The spokesman said Israel announced that the remains of Palestinians currently held in Israel would be distributed to their families after DNA tests were completed.
Khanfar was killed on March 30, 2002 after he and another members of Fatah's military wing attacked an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank, killing an Israeli soldier.
The Supreme Court ruled that Israel would send the remains of Majdi Abd al-Jawad Khanfar to his family in the village of Silat al-Dhahir in the West Bank's Jenin district, a spokesperson for the Center for the Defense of the Individual told Ma'an.
The decision came in response to the center's demands for the release of the remains of every Palestinian currently held in Israel, the spokesman said.
Khanfar's remains will be delivered to his family on Jan. 26, he said, adding that a DNA match had already been confirmed.
The spokesman said Israel announced that the remains of Palestinians currently held in Israel would be distributed to their families after DNA tests were completed.
Khanfar was killed on March 30, 2002 after he and another members of Fatah's military wing attacked an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank, killing an Israeli soldier.
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