5 nov 2014
Ibrahim al-‘Akari 38
In what has been confirmed as a "deliberate attack," Israeli sources said an Israeli man was killed, and several others injured, when a Palestinian driver rammed them with his car in Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian man was later shot and killed by the Israeli Border Police.
Initial reports indicate that the driver first rammed a number of Israeli security officers while waiting at a crosswalk, then continued to the train stations and rammed a number of cars in the street.
Israeli Ynet News said the Palestinian then rammed a number of pedestrians with his car, killing one and seriously wounding two others, while two more Israelis suffered moderate injuries.
He then hit several cars before stopping and exiting the vehicle reportedly carrying an iron bar before border police officers shot him dead.
The Arabs48 news website said the Palestinian driver has been identified as Ibrahim al-‘Akari, 38, from the Shu’fat refugee camp.
He is the brother of former political prisoners Mousa al-‘Akari who was exiled to Turkey as part of the Shalit Prisoner Swap deal, in October 18. 2011.
The brother, Mousa, is believed to have been a member of a Hamas group that killed an Israeli soldier after kidnapping him on December 13 1992. He was sentenced to three life terms.
The Arabs48 said the “Internal Israeli Security Service” insists that al-‘Akari should be buried at the “Numbers Graveyard” where many Palestinian and Arab fighters are buried in numbered, nameless, graves.
The Hamas movement officially claimed responsibility for the attack, and said Ibrahim al-Akari is one of its members, and that he carried out the attack in retaliation to Israel’s ongoing violations against the Palestinian people, and the constant attacks targeting the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Jerusalem.
Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement that the operation is “a natural response to the Israeli crimes, constant abuse and violations targeting Al-Aqsa and holy sites, in addition to the ongoing displacement of Palestinians from their occupied city, Jerusalem.
He called on the Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the rest of Palestine to “conduct more attacks targeting the Israeli occupation and its settlers,” and “in defense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the blood of those who defend Al-Aqsa, and the legitimate Palestinian rights.”
Earlier on Wednesday, the Israeli army briefly closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound confrontations with dozens of Palestinians who clashed with Israeli extremists, and soldiers, invading the Mosque compound.
In what has been confirmed as a "deliberate attack," Israeli sources said an Israeli man was killed, and several others injured, when a Palestinian driver rammed them with his car in Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian man was later shot and killed by the Israeli Border Police.
Initial reports indicate that the driver first rammed a number of Israeli security officers while waiting at a crosswalk, then continued to the train stations and rammed a number of cars in the street.
Israeli Ynet News said the Palestinian then rammed a number of pedestrians with his car, killing one and seriously wounding two others, while two more Israelis suffered moderate injuries.
He then hit several cars before stopping and exiting the vehicle reportedly carrying an iron bar before border police officers shot him dead.
The Arabs48 news website said the Palestinian driver has been identified as Ibrahim al-‘Akari, 38, from the Shu’fat refugee camp.
He is the brother of former political prisoners Mousa al-‘Akari who was exiled to Turkey as part of the Shalit Prisoner Swap deal, in October 18. 2011.
The brother, Mousa, is believed to have been a member of a Hamas group that killed an Israeli soldier after kidnapping him on December 13 1992. He was sentenced to three life terms.
The Arabs48 said the “Internal Israeli Security Service” insists that al-‘Akari should be buried at the “Numbers Graveyard” where many Palestinian and Arab fighters are buried in numbered, nameless, graves.
The Hamas movement officially claimed responsibility for the attack, and said Ibrahim al-Akari is one of its members, and that he carried out the attack in retaliation to Israel’s ongoing violations against the Palestinian people, and the constant attacks targeting the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Jerusalem.
Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement that the operation is “a natural response to the Israeli crimes, constant abuse and violations targeting Al-Aqsa and holy sites, in addition to the ongoing displacement of Palestinians from their occupied city, Jerusalem.
He called on the Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the rest of Palestine to “conduct more attacks targeting the Israeli occupation and its settlers,” and “in defense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the blood of those who defend Al-Aqsa, and the legitimate Palestinian rights.”
Earlier on Wednesday, the Israeli army briefly closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound confrontations with dozens of Palestinians who clashed with Israeli extremists, and soldiers, invading the Mosque compound.
30 apr 2014
More than 1,000 people gathered in Ramallah on Wednesday for the funerals of two Hamas fighters Israel killed in 1998, whose remains had just been returned.
Israel transferred the remains of Imad Awadallah, 48, and his 46-year-old brother Adel, to Palestinian officials at a checkpoint in the northern West Bank overnight, Palestinian activists said.
They also handed over the bodies of two others, including a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a Jerusalem restaurant in 2001 during the Second Intifada.
Israel transferred the remains of Imad Awadallah, 48, and his 46-year-old brother Adel, to Palestinian officials at a checkpoint in the northern West Bank overnight, Palestinian activists said.
They also handed over the bodies of two others, including a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a Jerusalem restaurant in 2001 during the Second Intifada.
Adel Ahmed Ismaeel Awadallah
The Palestinian National Campaign to Return the Bodies of the Martyrs says Israel still holds the bodies of some 29 Palestinians in a special cemetery for "enemy combatants" in the Jordan Valley.
The exact circumstances of the deaths of the wanted Awadallah brothers, who were killed by Israeli troops in 1998 near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, have never been revealed.
The Palestinian National Campaign to Return the Bodies of the Martyrs says Israel still holds the bodies of some 29 Palestinians in a special cemetery for "enemy combatants" in the Jordan Valley.
The exact circumstances of the deaths of the wanted Awadallah brothers, who were killed by Israeli troops in 1998 near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, have never been revealed.
Emad Ahmed Isma'eel Awadallah
In July 2011, the then Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak reneged on an agreement to hand over the bodies of some 84 militants killed since 1967, including the Awadallah brothers.
The Israeli defense ministry said such a transfer was inappropriate in light of the captivity at the time of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who was snatched by Gaza militants in 2006.
Shalit was released later in 2011 in exchange for the release of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners.
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.
In July 2011, the then Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak reneged on an agreement to hand over the bodies of some 84 militants killed since 1967, including the Awadallah brothers.
The Israeli defense ministry said such a transfer was inappropriate in light of the captivity at the time of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who was snatched by Gaza militants in 2006.
Shalit was released later in 2011 in exchange for the release of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners.
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.
8 apr 2014
The prisoners' center for studies, a Palestinian human rights group, said that Israel is the only state in the world which has been detaining dozens of dead Palestinians and Arabs for more than 30 years in military graveyards. Director of the center Ra'fat Hamdouna explained that Israel refuses to turn in to the Palestinian families the remains of their martyred relatives, who have been buried since 1978 in cemeteries made especially for them by the Israeli army.
Hamdouna added that Israel buried the remains of fallen Palestinian, Lebanese and Arab fighters in graveyards it calls the "Numbers Graveyards" referring to many bodies buried nameless with a number attached to each grave.
He stressed that Israel violated the international law when it disrespected the dignity of deceased persons and buried them in a humiliating manner without any regard for any Islamic funeral and burial observances.
He also pointed out that Israel is committed under international law to return the bodies and remains of the Palestinians buried in those graveyards to the Palestinian authorities.
Hamdouna added that Israel buried the remains of fallen Palestinian, Lebanese and Arab fighters in graveyards it calls the "Numbers Graveyards" referring to many bodies buried nameless with a number attached to each grave.
He stressed that Israel violated the international law when it disrespected the dignity of deceased persons and buried them in a humiliating manner without any regard for any Islamic funeral and burial observances.
He also pointed out that Israel is committed under international law to return the bodies and remains of the Palestinians buried in those graveyards to the Palestinian authorities.
19 mar 2014
Palestinian security forces arrested dozens of Hamas members following the funerals for the bodies of Palestinians held on Wednesday in Nablus, a Palestinian security source told Ma'an.
The source said that over 40 Hamas members were arrested "for the events that followed the funeral," without elaborating.
He claimed that Hamas members attacked the ambulance which had delivered the remains of former Hamas leader Mohammad al-Hanbali, breaking its windows and assaulting a doctor and a nurse.
They removed the Palestinian flag he was covered in, stomped on it, and subsequently wrapped him with a Hamas flag, he said.
The two main rival Palestinian parties have been on cold terms since 2006, when Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections.
In the following year, clashes erupted between Fatah and Hamas, leaving Hamas in control of the Strip and Fatah in control of the West Bank.
The groups have made failed attempts at national reconciliation for years, most recently in 2012, when they signed two agreements -- one in Cairo and a subsequent one in Doha -- which have as of yet been entirely unimplemented.
The source said that over 40 Hamas members were arrested "for the events that followed the funeral," without elaborating.
He claimed that Hamas members attacked the ambulance which had delivered the remains of former Hamas leader Mohammad al-Hanbali, breaking its windows and assaulting a doctor and a nurse.
They removed the Palestinian flag he was covered in, stomped on it, and subsequently wrapped him with a Hamas flag, he said.
The two main rival Palestinian parties have been on cold terms since 2006, when Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections.
In the following year, clashes erupted between Fatah and Hamas, leaving Hamas in control of the Strip and Fatah in control of the West Bank.
The groups have made failed attempts at national reconciliation for years, most recently in 2012, when they signed two agreements -- one in Cairo and a subsequent one in Doha -- which have as of yet been entirely unimplemented.
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Mohammad al-Hanbaly
Israeli authorities late Tuesday delivered the remains of four Palestinians withheld by Israel for over a decade, Palestinian officials said. Tamir Arafeh, director of the military liaison department in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that the remains of Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Hanbali, Muhammad Abd al-Hamid Saleh Hamoudha, and Yasser Ahmad Saleh were delivered to the Taybeh checkpoint west of Tulkarem. |
Separately, the remains of Jamil Khalaf Mustafa Hmeid were delivered to his family at Tarqumiya checkpoint south of Hebron, security sources said.
Al-Hanbali died in September 2003 after Israeli troops raided a building to detain him in the al-Makhfiyya neighborhood of Nablus.
Al-Hanbali died in September 2003 after Israeli troops raided a building to detain him in the al-Makhfiyya neighborhood of Nablus.
Yasser Ahmad Saleh
Saleh was killed in clashes with Israeli troops near the illegal Yitzhar settlement in September 2002.
Hamoudha died in February 2002 after he and Abd al-Jabbar Khalid carried out a militant operation in Hadera in northern Israel.
Hmeid died in March 2002.
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.
Saleh was killed in clashes with Israeli troops near the illegal Yitzhar settlement in September 2002.
Hamoudha died in February 2002 after he and Abd al-Jabbar Khalid carried out a militant operation in Hadera in northern Israel.
Hmeid died in March 2002.
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.
12 mar 2014
The Israeli Authorities handed, on Tuesday evening, the remains of five Palestinians who were buried at the Numbers Graveyard for many years. The bodies were moved to the Taybeh roadblock, in the northern part of the West Bank, before being handed to the Palestinians.
Saher Sarsour, head of the Jerusalem Legal Aid Center, has reported that hundreds of officials and residents gathered at the roadblock to welcome the remains of the slain Palestinians.
The remains belong to Maher Mohyeddeen Hbeisha, Imad Kamel Zobeidy, both from Nablus, Anas Banan Abu ‘Elba from Qalqilia, Khaled Sobhy Sonjoq from Tulkarem, and Kamel Abdullah Alawna from Jenin.
Saher Sarsour, head of the Jerusalem Legal Aid Center, has reported that hundreds of officials and residents gathered at the roadblock to welcome the remains of the slain Palestinians.
The remains belong to Maher Mohyeddeen Hbeisha, Imad Kamel Zobeidy, both from Nablus, Anas Banan Abu ‘Elba from Qalqilia, Khaled Sobhy Sonjoq from Tulkarem, and Kamel Abdullah Alawna from Jenin.
Mohammad al-Hanbaly
Israel will also be handing the remains of Mohammad al-Hanbaly, who was a senior leader of the al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, by next week.
Maher Mohyeddeen Hbeisha carried out, on December 2 2001, a suicide bombing in Haifa, killing 16 Israelis and wounding dozens.
Israel will also be handing the remains of Mohammad al-Hanbaly, who was a senior leader of the al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, by next week.
Maher Mohyeddeen Hbeisha carried out, on December 2 2001, a suicide bombing in Haifa, killing 16 Israelis and wounding dozens.
Maher Mohyeddeen Hbeisha
Anas Banan Abu ‘Elba, also a member of the al-Qassam Brigades, was killed, on July 17 2002, while monitoring Israeli targets, the Hamas movement said.
Abdullah Alawna, was killed on June 26 2003 during what was described as a “joint mission” carried out by the al-Qassam Brigades, and the al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad in Baqa al-Gharbiyya.
Imad Kamel Zobeidy from Nablus carried out a suicide bombing in Kfar Saba, on April 22 2001. Two Israelis were killed and several others were injured.
Khaled Sobhy Sonjoq, from Tulkarem, was killed on December 2 2001, during armed clashes between Palestinian fighters and Israeli soldiers near an Israeli settlement west of Tulkarem. He was a member of the al-Aqsa Brigades of the Fateh movement.
Israeli legal groups estimated there are hundreds of Palestinian and Arab fighters still buried in numbered graves.
The Center said Israel withholds the remains of the slain fighters to punish their families. Israel also demolished homes and property of Palestinian fighters.
On February 2nd, 2014, Israel handed the remains of Ayat al-Akhras, from the Deheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem, and Daoud Abu Sway from Ertas nearby village.
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.
On Thursday, June 31 2012, On Thursday, Israel released the remains of 91 Palestinians, killed in prison, in bombings, and while resisting the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories.
Anas Banan Abu ‘Elba, also a member of the al-Qassam Brigades, was killed, on July 17 2002, while monitoring Israeli targets, the Hamas movement said.
Abdullah Alawna, was killed on June 26 2003 during what was described as a “joint mission” carried out by the al-Qassam Brigades, and the al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad in Baqa al-Gharbiyya.
Imad Kamel Zobeidy from Nablus carried out a suicide bombing in Kfar Saba, on April 22 2001. Two Israelis were killed and several others were injured.
Khaled Sobhy Sonjoq, from Tulkarem, was killed on December 2 2001, during armed clashes between Palestinian fighters and Israeli soldiers near an Israeli settlement west of Tulkarem. He was a member of the al-Aqsa Brigades of the Fateh movement.
Israeli legal groups estimated there are hundreds of Palestinian and Arab fighters still buried in numbered graves.
The Center said Israel withholds the remains of the slain fighters to punish their families. Israel also demolished homes and property of Palestinian fighters.
On February 2nd, 2014, Israel handed the remains of Ayat al-Akhras, from the Deheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem, and Daoud Abu Sway from Ertas nearby village.
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.
On Thursday, June 31 2012, On Thursday, Israel released the remains of 91 Palestinians, killed in prison, in bombings, and while resisting the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories.
27 feb 2014
Khaled Mishaal, political bureau chairman of Hamas, has renewed his movement and the entire Palestinian people’s rejection to give up one inch of the historical land of Palestine. Mishaal, in a telephone address to a mourning ceremony in Hizma village north east of occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, said that the Palestinian people with all its factions would never surrender an inch of Palestine.
The Hamas leader was hinting to refusing any possible outcome of the ongoing US-sponsored negotiation process between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and Israel if it led to such a concession.
Mishaal acknowledged that Palestinians everywhere whether in the occupied homeland or in the diaspora face major difficulties in their life and constant targeting, but he affirmed that “God willing, victory is near”.
The mourning ceremony was for Moayad Salahuddin, whose body was detained by Israel for more than 13 years in the so-called cemeteries of numbers where Palestinians killed in resistance operations are buried with only numbers given to each one.
Israel recently released a number of those bodies in batches and Salahuddin was one of them. He was a member of the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and was killed in a resistance attack against Israeli occupation soldiers in October 2001. Families of the martyrs honor their dead by burying them again in the proper Islamic manner and organizing mourning ceremonies for them
The Hamas leader was hinting to refusing any possible outcome of the ongoing US-sponsored negotiation process between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and Israel if it led to such a concession.
Mishaal acknowledged that Palestinians everywhere whether in the occupied homeland or in the diaspora face major difficulties in their life and constant targeting, but he affirmed that “God willing, victory is near”.
The mourning ceremony was for Moayad Salahuddin, whose body was detained by Israel for more than 13 years in the so-called cemeteries of numbers where Palestinians killed in resistance operations are buried with only numbers given to each one.
Israel recently released a number of those bodies in batches and Salahuddin was one of them. He was a member of the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and was killed in a resistance attack against Israeli occupation soldiers in October 2001. Families of the martyrs honor their dead by burying them again in the proper Islamic manner and organizing mourning ceremonies for them
24 feb 2014
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Sarhan Burhan Sarhan
Israeli forces late Sunday returned the remains of two Palestinian men to their families via the al-Tayba checkpoint west of Tulkarem, a Palestinian official said. Tamir Arafeh, director of Tulkarem's military liaison, told Ma'an that the Israeli military liaison department delivered the remains of Sarhan Burhan Sarhan and Muayyad Mahmoud Saleh al-Din, both from Tulkarem. Israel has in recent months returned the remains of several Palestinians that had been held in Israel |
for years. Salim Khillah, a spokesman for a committee to retrieve Palestinian remains from Israeli custody, told Ma'an in January that Israeli authorities had decided to return the remains of 36 Palestinians held in Israeli "numbered graves."
Muayyad Mahmoud Saleh al-Din
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 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.
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 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.
17 feb 2014
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Israel on Sunday delivered the remains of Mohammad Mustafa Hasan Shahin al-Darabee from Dura south of Hebron 12 after his death.
Amin al-Bayid, a spokesman of Hebron branch of the Palestinian Committee for Retrieving Martyrs' Bodies, said that al-Darabee’s body was delivered at Tarqumia checkpoint and he will be buried in his hometown of Dura on Monday. Al-Darabee was killed on Dec. 27, 2002 after he and Ahmad Ayid Faqih broke into the Israeli settlement of Otniel south of Hebron and opened fire inside a yeshiva. The attack killed two Israeli soldiers and two settlers before al-Darabee and his companion were shot dead in the ensuing firefight. |
12 feb 2014
Israeli authorities will return the remains of a Palestinian man from the Hebron area whose body has been kept by Israel for more than 10 years, a Palestinian committee spokesman told Ma'an.
Amin al-Bayid, a spokesman of Hebron branch of the Palestinian Committee for Retrieving Martyrs' Bodies, told Ma'an that Israel would return the remains of Mohammad Mustafa Hasan Shahin Al-Darabee from Dura south of Hebron.
Al-Bayid said the committee was notified by a lawyer from the Israeli human rights group HaMoked (Center for the Defense of the Individual), that the remains of al-Darabee would be delivered to his family Sunday evening at the Tarqumia checkpoint south of Hebron.
After the remains of al-Darabee are returned, Israel will have returned remains of 12 Palestinians held in numbered graves. Israel pledged to return 36 bodies of Palestinians kept by Israel for many years as a gesture to encourage the PA to continue peace talks.
Al-Darabee was killed on Dec. 27, 2002 after he and Ahmad Ayid Faqih 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 al-Darabee and his companion were shot dead in the ensuing firefight.
At the time al-Darabee 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.
Amin al-Bayid, a spokesman of Hebron branch of the Palestinian Committee for Retrieving Martyrs' Bodies, told Ma'an that Israel would return the remains of Mohammad Mustafa Hasan Shahin Al-Darabee from Dura south of Hebron.
Al-Bayid said the committee was notified by a lawyer from the Israeli human rights group HaMoked (Center for the Defense of the Individual), that the remains of al-Darabee would be delivered to his family Sunday evening at the Tarqumia checkpoint south of Hebron.
After the remains of al-Darabee are returned, Israel will have returned remains of 12 Palestinians held in numbered graves. Israel pledged to return 36 bodies of Palestinians kept by Israel for many years as a gesture to encourage the PA to continue peace talks.
Al-Darabee was killed on Dec. 27, 2002 after he and Ahmad Ayid Faqih 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 al-Darabee and his companion were shot dead in the ensuing firefight.
At the time al-Darabee 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.
11 feb 2014
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Israeli authorities returned the remains of a young Palestinian man to his family after keeping it for nearly 12 years since his death, an official said.
The remains of Habash Hanani from Beit Furik near Nablus were delivered at the Taybeh crossing, and it was then moved to Rafidia general hospital in Nablus. Hanani’s funeral will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m., starting with a military march from in front of the hospital to his hometown village of Beit Furik. |
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Thousands of people in Dura south of Hebron participated in the funeral of Ahmad Ayid Faqih, whose remains were released after 12 year by Israeli forces Monday.
The funeral procession started with a military march from al-Ahli hospital in Hebron then mourners proceeded to Dura intellectual center, and then to Abu al-Ashush cemetery where he was buried. Faqih’s mother said the release of her son’s remains were “a great victory that brings me great joy.” Hebron Gov. Kamil Hmaid said that Israel's initial stalling in releasing the remains aimed to spoil the joy of his family and manipulate their feelings. |
He added that the release of Palestinians’ remains were national achievements, and all Palestinians buried in numbered graves must be released.
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