29 feb 2016
Nearly 30 family members were allowed to march in the funeral of Musab al-Ghazali, 26, who was killed by Israeli gunfire two months ago.
Musab, who has special needs, was killed 65 days ago in occupied Jerusalem for allegedly trying to carry out a stabbing attack.
Tight restrictions were imposed throughout the occupied city to prevent people’s participation in the funeral. Addameer Institution earlier said that Israeli occupation authorities had stepped up repressive measures on funeral processions of those who allegedly carried out anti-occupation attacks.
The measures included this time the confiscation of mourners’ cell phones, preventing journalists’ presence, limiting the mourners’ number to 30, imposing heavy fines, and handing over the body after midnight.
Musab, who has special needs, was killed 65 days ago in occupied Jerusalem for allegedly trying to carry out a stabbing attack.
Tight restrictions were imposed throughout the occupied city to prevent people’s participation in the funeral. Addameer Institution earlier said that Israeli occupation authorities had stepped up repressive measures on funeral processions of those who allegedly carried out anti-occupation attacks.
The measures included this time the confiscation of mourners’ cell phones, preventing journalists’ presence, limiting the mourners’ number to 30, imposing heavy fines, and handing over the body after midnight.
23 feb 2016
Palestinian society 'wishes for death and seeks destruction,' Ya'alon tells gathering of families of fallen soldiers.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday that there was no room for comparing Israeli mourning to Palestinian mourning, since Palestinian society "wishes for death and seeds destruction."
"Mourning in a society that seeks life, a society that educates its sons to live, to be human, to act like humans, to strive for peace, that's our society," the defense minister, who was addressing a gathering organized by Yad Lebanim, the national organization for families of fallen soldiers, said.
"Facing us is a society that seeks death, like we see around us, their joy when the son becomes a martyr, a society that respects nothing," he said.
Ya'alon's comments alluded to the recent furor caused by Army Radio host Razi Barkai. Two weeks ago, in an interview with Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan over the demand by parents of East Jerusalem terrorists to receive the bodies of their children for burial, Barkai angered the parents of Israel Defense Forces soldiers who were killed in 2014's Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip, Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, whose bodies have not been returned to their families.
Barzai had wondered if there were a difference between the feelings of Palestinian and Israeli parents whose children’s bodies are being held by the other side: by the Israeli government or, in the case of the soldiers, Hamas.
The Goldin and Shaul families complained bitterly over the comparison; Barkai apologized but refused to take back what he said.
"We're sending our soldiers to fight to protect our civilians, and we don't hide behind our civilians to fight against someone else," Ya'alon said. "A society that chooses life doesn't seek wars, but strives for peace and sees war as a necessity and that's what we're doing."
"That's why there's no comparison between mourning on our side and mourning on their side," Ya'alon concluded.
The defense minister's comments echoed a speech given by Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich, who addressed the same forum the day before. “It is impossible not to feel the difference between the bereavement that accompanies and greets us in your gaze, and that which we have met intensively in recent years in the eyes of some of our neighbors,” he said.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday that there was no room for comparing Israeli mourning to Palestinian mourning, since Palestinian society "wishes for death and seeds destruction."
"Mourning in a society that seeks life, a society that educates its sons to live, to be human, to act like humans, to strive for peace, that's our society," the defense minister, who was addressing a gathering organized by Yad Lebanim, the national organization for families of fallen soldiers, said.
"Facing us is a society that seeks death, like we see around us, their joy when the son becomes a martyr, a society that respects nothing," he said.
Ya'alon's comments alluded to the recent furor caused by Army Radio host Razi Barkai. Two weeks ago, in an interview with Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan over the demand by parents of East Jerusalem terrorists to receive the bodies of their children for burial, Barkai angered the parents of Israel Defense Forces soldiers who were killed in 2014's Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip, Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, whose bodies have not been returned to their families.
Barzai had wondered if there were a difference between the feelings of Palestinian and Israeli parents whose children’s bodies are being held by the other side: by the Israeli government or, in the case of the soldiers, Hamas.
The Goldin and Shaul families complained bitterly over the comparison; Barkai apologized but refused to take back what he said.
"We're sending our soldiers to fight to protect our civilians, and we don't hide behind our civilians to fight against someone else," Ya'alon said. "A society that chooses life doesn't seek wars, but strives for peace and sees war as a necessity and that's what we're doing."
"That's why there's no comparison between mourning on our side and mourning on their side," Ya'alon concluded.
The defense minister's comments echoed a speech given by Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich, who addressed the same forum the day before. “It is impossible not to feel the difference between the bereavement that accompanies and greets us in your gaze, and that which we have met intensively in recent years in the eyes of some of our neighbors,” he said.
The national assembly for the families of Palestinian martyrs slammed the statements made by the Israeli minister of Education, Naftali Bennett, in which he accused the families of pushing their sons to carry out anti-occupation attacks for the sake of gaining monthly payments.
The Israeli Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday said that the families of martyrs know that if their children get killed, they will have financial aid from the Palestinian Authority, according to Haaretz Israeli newspaper.
In a statement on Monday, the families said the statements affirm the moral and humanitarian decline that Israeli leaders demonstrate.
The families perceived the minister's statements as shameful and aimed at mobilizing hatred against Palestinians. Israeli forces have killed 184 Palestinians including 50 children since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada last October.
The Israeli Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday said that the families of martyrs know that if their children get killed, they will have financial aid from the Palestinian Authority, according to Haaretz Israeli newspaper.
In a statement on Monday, the families said the statements affirm the moral and humanitarian decline that Israeli leaders demonstrate.
The families perceived the minister's statements as shameful and aimed at mobilizing hatred against Palestinians. Israeli forces have killed 184 Palestinians including 50 children since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada last October.
22 feb 2016
The Israeli education minister Naftali Bennett, of the hard-right Jewish Home party, called for murdering the Palestinian anti-occupation activists and demolishing their family homes in order to quell resistance across the Occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli Yedioth Ahronot newspaper quoted Bennett as stating: "We have to bury Palestinian anti-occupation fighters in secret cemeteries and knock down all the homes in their native villages."
"Let's roll into every single home and rake through every single corner. The anti-occupation fighter must bear in mind that all of those around him are under threat," he added.
184 Palestinians, including 41 children and seven girls, were killed by the Israeli occupation army following anti-occupation attacks launched across the Occupied Palestinian territories in response to the recent tide of Israeli terrorism and aggression on Muslims' the holy al-Aqsa Mosque and the peaceful Muslim worshipers.
The Israeli Yedioth Ahronot newspaper quoted Bennett as stating: "We have to bury Palestinian anti-occupation fighters in secret cemeteries and knock down all the homes in their native villages."
"Let's roll into every single home and rake through every single corner. The anti-occupation fighter must bear in mind that all of those around him are under threat," he added.
184 Palestinians, including 41 children and seven girls, were killed by the Israeli occupation army following anti-occupation attacks launched across the Occupied Palestinian territories in response to the recent tide of Israeli terrorism and aggression on Muslims' the holy al-Aqsa Mosque and the peaceful Muslim worshipers.
Israeli authorities on Monday returned the bodies of three Palestinians who where shot dead by Israeli forces last week -- two after carrying out an attack on Israelis and one during clashes.
The bodies of Yasir al-Shawarma and Omar Muhammad Amro were released to their families at the Ofer detention center west of Ramallah.
The two Palestinians from al-Qubieba north of Jerusalem were both shot dead after attempting to carry out an armed attack on Israeli police forces at Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday last week.
Their bodies were taken to the Palestine Medical Complex, where dozens of youths from their hometown received them.
Meanwhile, the body of 21-year-old Khalid Taqatqa from Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem was returned to his family at the nearby Husan checkpoint, before it was taken to Beit Jala's governmental hospital.
Taqtaqa was shot and fatally wounded during clashes outside Beit Fajjar on Friday last week. He was taken to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem where he succumbed to his wounds.
After a surge of violence began in October, the Israel government began a policy of holding the bodies of alleged attackers, in what rights groups decried as collective punishment of their families.
However, the policy was largely reversed in December, following concerns from Israel's security establishment that it was only further stoking tensions, and most bodies have since been returned.
The bodies of Yasir al-Shawarma and Omar Muhammad Amro were released to their families at the Ofer detention center west of Ramallah.
The two Palestinians from al-Qubieba north of Jerusalem were both shot dead after attempting to carry out an armed attack on Israeli police forces at Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday last week.
Their bodies were taken to the Palestine Medical Complex, where dozens of youths from their hometown received them.
Meanwhile, the body of 21-year-old Khalid Taqatqa from Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem was returned to his family at the nearby Husan checkpoint, before it was taken to Beit Jala's governmental hospital.
Taqtaqa was shot and fatally wounded during clashes outside Beit Fajjar on Friday last week. He was taken to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem where he succumbed to his wounds.
After a surge of violence began in October, the Israel government began a policy of holding the bodies of alleged attackers, in what rights groups decried as collective punishment of their families.
However, the policy was largely reversed in December, following concerns from Israel's security establishment that it was only further stoking tensions, and most bodies have since been returned.
Palestinians marching in the funeral procession of an anti-occupation youth called for escalating the ongoing Jerusalem Uprising in response to Israeli terrorism.
Carrying the body of 17-year-old Kusay Abu al-Rub on their shoulders, the mourners vowed to sacrifice their souls and bodies until the liberation of occupied Palestine sees the day. Kusay Abu al-Rub was shot dead by the occupation troops at noontime on Sunday as he attempted to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing near the Beita crossroads in Nablus.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation reneged on its promise to hand the bodies of the two slain Palestinians Omar Amr and Mansur Shawamra, both aged 20, to the Red Crescent crews at a military checkpoint in northwestern Occupied Jerusalem.
Both Amr and Shawamra were killed by the Israeli forces following an anti-occupation shooting attack near Jerusalem's Bab al-Amoud area on February 14. The Israeli occupation authorities have been withholding the bodies of 13 Palestinians killed while allegedly carrying out or planning stabbing attacks.
Carrying the body of 17-year-old Kusay Abu al-Rub on their shoulders, the mourners vowed to sacrifice their souls and bodies until the liberation of occupied Palestine sees the day. Kusay Abu al-Rub was shot dead by the occupation troops at noontime on Sunday as he attempted to carry out an anti-occupation stabbing near the Beita crossroads in Nablus.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation reneged on its promise to hand the bodies of the two slain Palestinians Omar Amr and Mansur Shawamra, both aged 20, to the Red Crescent crews at a military checkpoint in northwestern Occupied Jerusalem.
Both Amr and Shawamra were killed by the Israeli forces following an anti-occupation shooting attack near Jerusalem's Bab al-Amoud area on February 14. The Israeli occupation authorities have been withholding the bodies of 13 Palestinians killed while allegedly carrying out or planning stabbing attacks.
15 feb 2016
Israeli authority handed over the body of a suspected Palestinian attacker on Sunday night, after having withheld the body of Ahmad Abu Shaaban for 124 days.
A resident of occupied East Jerusalem, 23-year-old Abu Shaaban reportedly attempted to board an Egged bus after stabbing a 70-year-old woman in the central bus station, when he was shot dead by Israeli border police on Oct. 15.
Abu Shaaban’s body was handed over at 2:00 a.m., when his family was allowed to see him for the last time.
Muhammad Abu Shaaban, Ahmad’s brother, told Ma’an that Abu Shaaban was shot more than 20 times in the head, back, and chest. He added that one of the bullets had shattered his skulls into small pieces.
Israeli authorities released the body on condition that Abu Shaaban’s funeral be attended by only 14 people escorted by armed Israeli special forces.
Abu Shaaban’s father said his family was “shocked when the Israeli army suddenly changed the conditions for the handover in terms of the time and the number of the people allowed at the funeral.”
The family’s lawyer, Muhammad Mahmoud, said Israeli authorities initially stipulated that only 50 people could attend the funeral, before changing it to 10.
The family had to negotiate to bring the number up to 14, and had to pay 20,000 shekels ($5,150) as collateral, Mahmoud added.
“Today we received Ahmad’s body, and we hope all the Palestinian families will receive their sons’ bodies,” Abu Shaaban’s father said.
“Ahmad was buried near the al-Aqsa mosque where he wanted to be buried,” his mother told Ma’an.
Funeral participants chanted slogans protesting Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
Israel in October decided to hold the bodies of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks on Israeli military and civilians. Several have since been returned, and handovers of the bodies of Palestinians killed this month have been near-immediate.
Although the issue of withheld bodies has come back into the spotlight since the beginning of a wave of unrest in the West Bank, around 262 Palestinian bodies were believed to be held by Israel prior to October.
Israeli authorities are still withholding the bodies of nine Palestinian from Jerusalem, including Thaer Abu Ghazaleh since Sept. 8, and Musab al-Ghazali, since Oct. 26.
The practice has been denounced by Israeli human rights organization Hamoked as amounting to collective punishment for family members of the dead.
A resident of occupied East Jerusalem, 23-year-old Abu Shaaban reportedly attempted to board an Egged bus after stabbing a 70-year-old woman in the central bus station, when he was shot dead by Israeli border police on Oct. 15.
Abu Shaaban’s body was handed over at 2:00 a.m., when his family was allowed to see him for the last time.
Muhammad Abu Shaaban, Ahmad’s brother, told Ma’an that Abu Shaaban was shot more than 20 times in the head, back, and chest. He added that one of the bullets had shattered his skulls into small pieces.
Israeli authorities released the body on condition that Abu Shaaban’s funeral be attended by only 14 people escorted by armed Israeli special forces.
Abu Shaaban’s father said his family was “shocked when the Israeli army suddenly changed the conditions for the handover in terms of the time and the number of the people allowed at the funeral.”
The family’s lawyer, Muhammad Mahmoud, said Israeli authorities initially stipulated that only 50 people could attend the funeral, before changing it to 10.
The family had to negotiate to bring the number up to 14, and had to pay 20,000 shekels ($5,150) as collateral, Mahmoud added.
“Today we received Ahmad’s body, and we hope all the Palestinian families will receive their sons’ bodies,” Abu Shaaban’s father said.
“Ahmad was buried near the al-Aqsa mosque where he wanted to be buried,” his mother told Ma’an.
Funeral participants chanted slogans protesting Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
Israel in October decided to hold the bodies of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks on Israeli military and civilians. Several have since been returned, and handovers of the bodies of Palestinians killed this month have been near-immediate.
Although the issue of withheld bodies has come back into the spotlight since the beginning of a wave of unrest in the West Bank, around 262 Palestinian bodies were believed to be held by Israel prior to October.
Israeli authorities are still withholding the bodies of nine Palestinian from Jerusalem, including Thaer Abu Ghazaleh since Sept. 8, and Musab al-Ghazali, since Oct. 26.
The practice has been denounced by Israeli human rights organization Hamoked as amounting to collective punishment for family members of the dead.
9 feb 2016
The Israeli authorities on Tuesday announced that the body of a Palestinian who was shot dead after allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli police officer would not be released at midnight, as promised, a lawyer with prisoners' rights group Addameer said.
Muhammad Mahmoud initially announced on Sunday that the body of Musab Ghazali would be released at midnight on Tuesday, while the remains of another Palestinian, Ahmad Abu Shaaban, would be released on Monday at midnight.
However, Israeli forces reneged on both deals without providing future dates for the release of the two bodies.
"Israeli intelligence has made it a policy to delay the return of bodies, from time-to-time, despite the fact that the families agreed upon the conditions of release," Mahmoud said.
Israeli authorities initially agreed to release the two remains under strict conditions. Mahmoud said Israeli forces stipulated that only 50 people were to attend the two funerals and to guarantee Israel's terms would be followed, each family was required to pay 20,000 shekels ($5,150) as collateral.
Mahmoud said both families accepted the terms and were awaiting their sons' remains.
Abu Shaaban was shot dead by Israeli border police on On Oct. 14, after he reportedly attempted to board an Egged bus after stabbing a 70-year-old woman in a bus station.
On Dec. 26, Ghazali was killed after allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli police officer in Jerusalem.
Ghazali was reportedly sitting in a park by the New Gate in the Old City when he followed a Jewish couple towards Allenby Square. The man’s movement "aroused suspicion" from Israeli police officers who approached him, mounted on horses, an Israeli police spokesperson said at the time.
A “hand fight” then broke out between the Palestinian and an officer who asked him for identification before the man pulled a knife on the officer, the spokesperson said. The Palestinian fell to the ground after officers opened fire, and was shot dead after getting up a second time, the spokesperson added.
During the latest bought of upheaval, Israeli authorities have made it practice to detain the bodies of Palestinians shot dead after alleged, attempted and actual attacks against Israeli civilians and military.
Late last month, PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat called on the Middle East Quartet to pressure Israel to return the bodies of alleged Palestinian attackers still being held by the Israeli authorities.
The call was made in an open letter sent to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"I call upon you to instantly take action and exert diplomatic and political pressures on Israel to immediately release bodies of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli forces and settlers," Erekat wrote.
He said that withholding the bodies of Palestinians was a form of "collective punishment" by Israel against the Palestinian people, which he described as illegal under international law.
Muhammad Mahmoud initially announced on Sunday that the body of Musab Ghazali would be released at midnight on Tuesday, while the remains of another Palestinian, Ahmad Abu Shaaban, would be released on Monday at midnight.
However, Israeli forces reneged on both deals without providing future dates for the release of the two bodies.
"Israeli intelligence has made it a policy to delay the return of bodies, from time-to-time, despite the fact that the families agreed upon the conditions of release," Mahmoud said.
Israeli authorities initially agreed to release the two remains under strict conditions. Mahmoud said Israeli forces stipulated that only 50 people were to attend the two funerals and to guarantee Israel's terms would be followed, each family was required to pay 20,000 shekels ($5,150) as collateral.
Mahmoud said both families accepted the terms and were awaiting their sons' remains.
Abu Shaaban was shot dead by Israeli border police on On Oct. 14, after he reportedly attempted to board an Egged bus after stabbing a 70-year-old woman in a bus station.
On Dec. 26, Ghazali was killed after allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli police officer in Jerusalem.
Ghazali was reportedly sitting in a park by the New Gate in the Old City when he followed a Jewish couple towards Allenby Square. The man’s movement "aroused suspicion" from Israeli police officers who approached him, mounted on horses, an Israeli police spokesperson said at the time.
A “hand fight” then broke out between the Palestinian and an officer who asked him for identification before the man pulled a knife on the officer, the spokesperson said. The Palestinian fell to the ground after officers opened fire, and was shot dead after getting up a second time, the spokesperson added.
During the latest bought of upheaval, Israeli authorities have made it practice to detain the bodies of Palestinians shot dead after alleged, attempted and actual attacks against Israeli civilians and military.
Late last month, PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat called on the Middle East Quartet to pressure Israel to return the bodies of alleged Palestinian attackers still being held by the Israeli authorities.
The call was made in an open letter sent to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"I call upon you to instantly take action and exert diplomatic and political pressures on Israel to immediately release bodies of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli forces and settlers," Erekat wrote.
He said that withholding the bodies of Palestinians was a form of "collective punishment" by Israel against the Palestinian people, which he described as illegal under international law.
The Joint (Arab) List faction reacted furiously Monday to a decision by the Knesset’s Ethics Committee to suspend three of its lawmakers for meeting with the relatives of slain Palestinian anti-occupation activists.
MKs Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas were suspended for four months, while Jamal Zahalka received a two-month ban. The ban was passed after 90 MKs voted yes.
The Joint List said in a statement that it rejects the Ethics Committee’s decision and condemns the campaign of incitement orchestrated by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The MKs met last Tuesday with Palestinians seeking the return of bodies of their relatives, which were still being held by Israeli occupation authorities. “There is no other entity in the world but Israel which has prisons for dead bodies.
We continue to demand the immediate release of the bodies,” the party statement said. “There is no national dignity for an entity that withholds dead bodies for four months in order to torture their families psychologically,” it further read.
During the Knesset meeting MK Zahalka addressed Netanyahu saying: “You are a fascist.” Observers said the committee’s decision had been predetermined and was the fruit of Netanyahu’s incitement.
MKs Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas were suspended for four months, while Jamal Zahalka received a two-month ban. The ban was passed after 90 MKs voted yes.
The Joint List said in a statement that it rejects the Ethics Committee’s decision and condemns the campaign of incitement orchestrated by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The MKs met last Tuesday with Palestinians seeking the return of bodies of their relatives, which were still being held by Israeli occupation authorities. “There is no other entity in the world but Israel which has prisons for dead bodies.
We continue to demand the immediate release of the bodies,” the party statement said. “There is no national dignity for an entity that withholds dead bodies for four months in order to torture their families psychologically,” it further read.
During the Knesset meeting MK Zahalka addressed Netanyahu saying: “You are a fascist.” Observers said the committee’s decision had been predetermined and was the fruit of Netanyahu’s incitement.
8 feb 2016
The occupation intelligence agreed to release the bodies of two Jerusalemite Martyrs to their families to bury them at Lions’ Gate Cemetery in Jerusalem.
Al-Dameer organization lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the occupation intelligence agreed to release the bodies of Martyrs Ahmad Abu Sha’ban and Mousab Ghazali (residents of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan) to their families in order to bury them at Lions’ Gate Cemetery in Jerusalem.
The lawyer added that the intelligence conditioned the families to limit the number of people participating in the funeral to 50 and the releasing process would take place between 12:00-1:30 a.m.; they are also required to deposit 20 thousand NIS to ensure commitment to the rules.
Lawyer Mahmoud added that Martyr Sha’ban will be released on Monday while Ghazali will be released on Tuesday.
The lawyer pointed out that Sha’ban passed away on 14/10/2015 while Mousab Ghazali passed away on 26/12/2015.
Al-Dameer organization lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the occupation intelligence agreed to release the bodies of Martyrs Ahmad Abu Sha’ban and Mousab Ghazali (residents of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan) to their families in order to bury them at Lions’ Gate Cemetery in Jerusalem.
The lawyer added that the intelligence conditioned the families to limit the number of people participating in the funeral to 50 and the releasing process would take place between 12:00-1:30 a.m.; they are also required to deposit 20 thousand NIS to ensure commitment to the rules.
Lawyer Mahmoud added that Martyr Sha’ban will be released on Monday while Ghazali will be released on Tuesday.
The lawyer pointed out that Sha’ban passed away on 14/10/2015 while Mousab Ghazali passed away on 26/12/2015.
5 feb 2016
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) quelled a peaceful march of students called for by the youth movement in Mount Scopus in Occupied Jerusalem.
The march demanded the delivery of Palestinian martyrs’ bodies detained by Israeli authorities.
Quds Press quoted the activist Shadi Elaiyan as saying that clashes with IOF soldiers erupted after firing fireworks at the Israeli settlement of Armon Hanatziv.
He pointed out that the Israeli troops arrested one of the Palestinian demonstrators and unleashed tear gas canisters as well as sound grenades at the participants. Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) is still holding the bodies of ten Jerusalemite martyrs including three from Mount Scopus town.
The march demanded the delivery of Palestinian martyrs’ bodies detained by Israeli authorities.
Quds Press quoted the activist Shadi Elaiyan as saying that clashes with IOF soldiers erupted after firing fireworks at the Israeli settlement of Armon Hanatziv.
He pointed out that the Israeli troops arrested one of the Palestinian demonstrators and unleashed tear gas canisters as well as sound grenades at the participants. Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) is still holding the bodies of ten Jerusalemite martyrs including three from Mount Scopus town.
31 jan 2016
Scores of Palestinians on Saturday marched in the funeral of 23-year-old Ibrahim Allan in Beit Ur al-Tahta village, west of Ramallah, after the Israeli occupation army released his body the day before.
The mourners chanted slogans during the funeral procession condemning Israel's crimes and hailing resistance attacks against soldiers and settlers.
A Red Crescent ambulance crew on Friday received the bodies of Allan and his friend Hussein Abu Ghosh, 17, at Ofer checkpoint in Ramallah after they were detained for four days.
The funeral of Abu Ghosh was held on Friday night in Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Occupied Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers had killed Allan and Abu Ghosh last Monday after they had carried out a stabbing attack in Beit Horon settlement, southwest of Ramallah.
In this regard, Hamas spokesman Husam Badran said that his Movement takes great pride in the martyrs, Hussein Abu Ghosh and Ibrahim Allan, who carried out a heroic operation in Beit Horon settlement. Badran hailed Abu Ghosh and Allan as two models for the Muslim young people who support the resistance and feel jealous of their dignity and nation.
The mourners chanted slogans during the funeral procession condemning Israel's crimes and hailing resistance attacks against soldiers and settlers.
A Red Crescent ambulance crew on Friday received the bodies of Allan and his friend Hussein Abu Ghosh, 17, at Ofer checkpoint in Ramallah after they were detained for four days.
The funeral of Abu Ghosh was held on Friday night in Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Occupied Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers had killed Allan and Abu Ghosh last Monday after they had carried out a stabbing attack in Beit Horon settlement, southwest of Ramallah.
In this regard, Hamas spokesman Husam Badran said that his Movement takes great pride in the martyrs, Hussein Abu Ghosh and Ibrahim Allan, who carried out a heroic operation in Beit Horon settlement. Badran hailed Abu Ghosh and Allan as two models for the Muslim young people who support the resistance and feel jealous of their dignity and nation.
27 jan 2016
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) are expected to release on Wednesday the bodies of two slain Palestinians at the Ofer military checkpoint, in western Ramallah.
The Beit Ur village council said it has been officially updated on the IOA’s decision to release the body of 23-year-old Ibrahim Osama Allan at 4 p.m. local time near the Ofer military camp and in the presence of the Palestinian Liaison authorities.
Allan’s body will be carried to the Palestine Medical Complex, in Ramallah, pending his transfer to his family home in Beit Ur.
The Palestinian Liaison has also informed the family of the slain Palestinian youngster Hussein Abu Ghush, from northern Occupied Jerusalem, that their son’s body is expected to be released for burial at 4 p.m. near the Ofer military camp.
Both Allan and Abu Ghush were fatally shot by the Israeli occupation troops following an anti-occupation stabbing attack on Monday near an illegal Israeli settlement in Beit Horon, in western Ramallah.
The Beit Ur village council said it has been officially updated on the IOA’s decision to release the body of 23-year-old Ibrahim Osama Allan at 4 p.m. local time near the Ofer military camp and in the presence of the Palestinian Liaison authorities.
Allan’s body will be carried to the Palestine Medical Complex, in Ramallah, pending his transfer to his family home in Beit Ur.
The Palestinian Liaison has also informed the family of the slain Palestinian youngster Hussein Abu Ghush, from northern Occupied Jerusalem, that their son’s body is expected to be released for burial at 4 p.m. near the Ofer military camp.
Both Allan and Abu Ghush were fatally shot by the Israeli occupation troops following an anti-occupation stabbing attack on Monday near an illegal Israeli settlement in Beit Horon, in western Ramallah.
