1 oct 2018
Hundreds of Palestinians marched on Monday afternoon in Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, in the funeral of Mohammed al-Rimawi, 24, who died after being brutally beaten by Israeli soldiers on 18 September.
The marchers chanted slogans condemning the crime and calling for justice and national unity.
The funeral procession set off from al-Rimawi's family house toward Beit Rima's mosque where the funeral prayer was performed before he was buried in the town's cemetery.
The marchers chanted slogans condemning the crime and calling for justice and national unity.
The funeral procession set off from al-Rimawi's family house toward Beit Rima's mosque where the funeral prayer was performed before he was buried in the town's cemetery.
30 sept 2018
Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday evening handed over the body of the Palestinian martyr Mohammed al-Rimawi to his family after 13 days of detention.
Israeli authorities decided to release al-Rimawi's body following a petition filed by the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission after the completion of the autopsy.
Al-Rimawi's body was transferred to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, and he is set to be buried on Monday afternoon.
The preliminary results of the autopsy showed that al-Rimawi was violently beaten before his death. Bruises appeared on various parts of his body, particularly his chest and right thigh.
Al-Rimawi's family affirmed that their son died after being brutally beaten by the Israeli soldiers who came to arrest him from his house on 18 September.
Israeli authorities decided to release al-Rimawi's body following a petition filed by the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission after the completion of the autopsy.
Al-Rimawi's body was transferred to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, and he is set to be buried on Monday afternoon.
The preliminary results of the autopsy showed that al-Rimawi was violently beaten before his death. Bruises appeared on various parts of his body, particularly his chest and right thigh.
Al-Rimawi's family affirmed that their son died after being brutally beaten by the Israeli soldiers who came to arrest him from his house on 18 September.
28 sept 2018
Dania Arshid, 17
Dozens of Palestinian citizens are spending a lot of time in temperatures of minus 40 degrees, but it is not something that they have decided for themselves. They were simply Palestinians under Israeli military occupation; they were — past tense — for they are now dead and being kept in mortuary refrigerators.
These young people were not protesting against or confronting the occupation when they were shot. Some were shot in cold blood in what were little more than field executions carried out by Israeli soldiers across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, under the pretext that they were about to carry out an attack. Cameras have documented some of these executions, during which the trigger-happy soldiers rushed to kill boys and girls who were not usually posing any real threat to the occupation forces.
Dania Arshid, 17, for example, was one such victim. She was killed by Israeli occupation forces in Hebron when she was hit by 10 bullets on 25 October, 2015. Shocking images show the Palestinian girl lying on the ground with her face covered, while soldiers calmly sip their coffee. The occupation authorities kept her body for a whole week before releasing it for burial. In other cases, Palestinian corpses have been kept for up to 20 years.
These field executions are usually carried out under a ready-made pretext, namely suspicion of a knife attack. Dozens of young Palestinian boys and girls have been shot dead since October 2015 in this way, their bodies ending up in Israeli refrigerators.
Moreover, when the occupation forces fire live bullets at Palestinian demonstrators, they sometimes try to abduct the bodies of the martyrs. In one outrageous case on 21 July last year, local people rushed to take the body through the back door of Al-Maqassed Hospital in Jerusalem before the Israelis could kidnap the corpse.
The young man in question was shot and killed while he was protesting alongside other unarmed Palestinians, who refused to accept Israel’s attempts to impose its hegemony over Al-Aqsa Mosque by installing electronic gates and introducing humiliating inspection procedures for worshippers. His burial was rushed so as to prevent the Israelis from taking his body and placing him in a mortuary refrigerator for months on end.
The occupying authorities impose “compulsory residence” in their refrigerators for a reason, namely the fear of the dead. What they fear in particular is the culture of celebrating the martyrs and inflaming emotions, thus fuelling the Intifada on the Palestinian street.
Keeping “refrigerator hostages” for weeks or months and perhaps for years is an inhumane tactic based on the immoral abuse of Palestinian society, as is the secret burial of some martyrs in unmarked graves, keeping their relatives in ignorance of their final resting place. How much longer will this be allowed to happen? How many more Palestinian families are to be kept waiting for their children’s remains so that they can kiss a long-awaited skull or embrace a calcified body that has spent ages in a mortuary refrigerator before giving it the dignified burial that it deserves?
- Hossam Shaker is a journalist and an author who has extensively covered the topic of migration in Europe in addition to Mideast issues.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens are spending a lot of time in temperatures of minus 40 degrees, but it is not something that they have decided for themselves. They were simply Palestinians under Israeli military occupation; they were — past tense — for they are now dead and being kept in mortuary refrigerators.
These young people were not protesting against or confronting the occupation when they were shot. Some were shot in cold blood in what were little more than field executions carried out by Israeli soldiers across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, under the pretext that they were about to carry out an attack. Cameras have documented some of these executions, during which the trigger-happy soldiers rushed to kill boys and girls who were not usually posing any real threat to the occupation forces.
Dania Arshid, 17, for example, was one such victim. She was killed by Israeli occupation forces in Hebron when she was hit by 10 bullets on 25 October, 2015. Shocking images show the Palestinian girl lying on the ground with her face covered, while soldiers calmly sip their coffee. The occupation authorities kept her body for a whole week before releasing it for burial. In other cases, Palestinian corpses have been kept for up to 20 years.
These field executions are usually carried out under a ready-made pretext, namely suspicion of a knife attack. Dozens of young Palestinian boys and girls have been shot dead since October 2015 in this way, their bodies ending up in Israeli refrigerators.
Moreover, when the occupation forces fire live bullets at Palestinian demonstrators, they sometimes try to abduct the bodies of the martyrs. In one outrageous case on 21 July last year, local people rushed to take the body through the back door of Al-Maqassed Hospital in Jerusalem before the Israelis could kidnap the corpse.
The young man in question was shot and killed while he was protesting alongside other unarmed Palestinians, who refused to accept Israel’s attempts to impose its hegemony over Al-Aqsa Mosque by installing electronic gates and introducing humiliating inspection procedures for worshippers. His burial was rushed so as to prevent the Israelis from taking his body and placing him in a mortuary refrigerator for months on end.
The occupying authorities impose “compulsory residence” in their refrigerators for a reason, namely the fear of the dead. What they fear in particular is the culture of celebrating the martyrs and inflaming emotions, thus fuelling the Intifada on the Palestinian street.
Keeping “refrigerator hostages” for weeks or months and perhaps for years is an inhumane tactic based on the immoral abuse of Palestinian society, as is the secret burial of some martyrs in unmarked graves, keeping their relatives in ignorance of their final resting place. How much longer will this be allowed to happen? How many more Palestinian families are to be kept waiting for their children’s remains so that they can kiss a long-awaited skull or embrace a calcified body that has spent ages in a mortuary refrigerator before giving it the dignified burial that it deserves?
- Hossam Shaker is a journalist and an author who has extensively covered the topic of migration in Europe in addition to Mideast issues.
9 sept 2018
Atef Mohammed Saleh, 32
Israeli military forces have shot dead a Palestinian man at the Gaza Strip's border, claiming he was going to “sabotage” a fence separating the besieged territory from the occupied territories.
The Israeli military admitted in a statement Sunday that the man died after sustaining fatal injuries.
The deadly encounter came a day after the Israeli military clashed with anti-occupation protesters at the fence, killing one person and injuring about 400 other people.
Nearly 175 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30. A total of 19,139 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.
Earlier on Sunday, a video clip made the rounds on social media, appearing to show Israeli troops shooting a Palestinian boy at a time when he posed no obvious threat.
In the video, 16-year-old Ahmad Misbah Abu Toyour is standing near the fence as he is taking part in "The Great March of Return" protests. Toyour throws a stone at Israeli forces, and a shot rings out and he falls to the ground obviously in a great deal of pain.
The Palestinian teenager succumbed to his gunshot wounds at the European Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, located about 25 kilometers south of Gaza City, on Saturday morning.
Army Kills A Palestinian In Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers killed, on Sunday evening, a young man near the perimeter fence, in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and abducted three other Palestinians.
The Israeli army claimed the Palestinian was killed by the soldiers while trying to breach the perimeter fence.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Attaf Abed-Rabbo Saleh, 32, from Jabalia.
It added that the soldiers also detained three other Palestinians, and claimed they carried knives, and were moved to an interrogation facility.
After shooting the young man, the soldiers crossed the fence and advanced a few meters into Gaza, before taking him, and the other Palestinians. It later said the man has died from his wounds.
Medical sources in Gaza said Palestinian medics tried to reach the seriously wounded young man, but the soldiers opened fire at them, preventing them from even approaching him.
Israeli military forces have shot dead a Palestinian man at the Gaza Strip's border, claiming he was going to “sabotage” a fence separating the besieged territory from the occupied territories.
The Israeli military admitted in a statement Sunday that the man died after sustaining fatal injuries.
The deadly encounter came a day after the Israeli military clashed with anti-occupation protesters at the fence, killing one person and injuring about 400 other people.
Nearly 175 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30. A total of 19,139 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.
Earlier on Sunday, a video clip made the rounds on social media, appearing to show Israeli troops shooting a Palestinian boy at a time when he posed no obvious threat.
In the video, 16-year-old Ahmad Misbah Abu Toyour is standing near the fence as he is taking part in "The Great March of Return" protests. Toyour throws a stone at Israeli forces, and a shot rings out and he falls to the ground obviously in a great deal of pain.
The Palestinian teenager succumbed to his gunshot wounds at the European Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, located about 25 kilometers south of Gaza City, on Saturday morning.
Army Kills A Palestinian In Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers killed, on Sunday evening, a young man near the perimeter fence, in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and abducted three other Palestinians.
The Israeli army claimed the Palestinian was killed by the soldiers while trying to breach the perimeter fence.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Attaf Abed-Rabbo Saleh, 32, from Jabalia.
It added that the soldiers also detained three other Palestinians, and claimed they carried knives, and were moved to an interrogation facility.
After shooting the young man, the soldiers crossed the fence and advanced a few meters into Gaza, before taking him, and the other Palestinians. It later said the man has died from his wounds.
Medical sources in Gaza said Palestinian medics tried to reach the seriously wounded young man, but the soldiers opened fire at them, preventing them from even approaching him.
31 aug 2018
Israeli occupation forces killed a total of 19 Palestinians, including four children, during August of 2018, according to a report by Abdullah Horani Center of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
The center said, according to WAFA, that of those 19 Palestinians, 17 were killed by Israeli forces during the Great March of Return protests at Gaza’s border, or in airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
Another Palestinian was killed in the occupied West Bank, and the last was a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
According to the report, Israel is currently withholding the bodies of 28 slain Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in violation of international humanitarian law.
The center said, according to WAFA, that of those 19 Palestinians, 17 were killed by Israeli forces during the Great March of Return protests at Gaza’s border, or in airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
Another Palestinian was killed in the occupied West Bank, and the last was a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
According to the report, Israel is currently withholding the bodies of 28 slain Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in violation of international humanitarian law.
21 aug 2018
Dozens of Palestinian citizens marched in Umm al-Fahm city, in the 1948 occupied Palestine, at dawn Tuesday to bid farewell to Ahmad Mahamid who was killed by the Israeli police in Jerusalem last Friday.
The Israeli police on Monday evening informed Mahamid's family that they will hand over his body at 1:00 am Tuesday without conditions.
The police decision followed a petition field by Adalah Center for Human Rights, on behalf of Mahamid's family, after the Israeli police demanded that the number of Palestinians participating in the funeral be limited to 50, and ordered Mahamid's family to pay a 100,000 NIS bail.
Tension has flared up in Umm al-Fahm since Friday after the Israeli police killed Mahamid over an alleged attempt to stab an Israeli soldier, and arrested three Palestinian youths on charges of assisting him.
The Israeli police on Monday evening informed Mahamid's family that they will hand over his body at 1:00 am Tuesday without conditions.
The police decision followed a petition field by Adalah Center for Human Rights, on behalf of Mahamid's family, after the Israeli police demanded that the number of Palestinians participating in the funeral be limited to 50, and ordered Mahamid's family to pay a 100,000 NIS bail.
Tension has flared up in Umm al-Fahm since Friday after the Israeli police killed Mahamid over an alleged attempt to stab an Israeli soldier, and arrested three Palestinian youths on charges of assisting him.
20 aug 2018
Hani al-Majdalawi
Israeli occupation army on Monday evening announced that it shot and killed a Palestinian earlier in the day for allegedly sneaking into Zekem area, north of the Gaza Strip.
Hebrew media sources reported that a Palestinian youth on Monday infiltrated about 500 meters into Zekem in the 1948 occupied Palestine and exchanged fire with an Israeli military force.
Posting a photo of a young man lying on the ground with a Kalashnikov rifle next to him, the media said that the gunman was killed after an Israeli tank and drone opened fire at him.
A spokesman for the Israeli occupation army on Monday morning claimed that an Israeli patrol came under fire by a Palestinian gunman in the northern Gaza Strip.
There were no damages or injuries among the Israeli soldiers, he added in a statement.
Gaza Ministry of Health has not yet given any information about the killing or injury of a Palestinian citizen in northern Gaza.
Israeli occupation army on Monday evening announced that it shot and killed a Palestinian earlier in the day for allegedly sneaking into Zekem area, north of the Gaza Strip.
Hebrew media sources reported that a Palestinian youth on Monday infiltrated about 500 meters into Zekem in the 1948 occupied Palestine and exchanged fire with an Israeli military force.
Posting a photo of a young man lying on the ground with a Kalashnikov rifle next to him, the media said that the gunman was killed after an Israeli tank and drone opened fire at him.
A spokesman for the Israeli occupation army on Monday morning claimed that an Israeli patrol came under fire by a Palestinian gunman in the northern Gaza Strip.
There were no damages or injuries among the Israeli soldiers, he added in a statement.
Gaza Ministry of Health has not yet given any information about the killing or injury of a Palestinian citizen in northern Gaza.
19 aug 2018
A source in Umm al-Fahm municipality, in the 1948 occupied Palestine, on Sunday said that the Israeli police have not set a date yet to hand over the body of the Palestinian martyr Ahmad Mahamid, 30.
Arab 48 website reported that Mahamid's family demands the immediate release of their son's body so that they could bury him in his hometown.
Tension has prevailed in Umm al-Fahm following the death of Mahamid who was shot dead by the Israeli police on Friday for allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
Mahamid's family until this moment have not been informed about the release date or any relevant information.
Arab 48 website reported that Mahamid's family demands the immediate release of their son's body so that they could bury him in his hometown.
Tension has prevailed in Umm al-Fahm following the death of Mahamid who was shot dead by the Israeli police on Friday for allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.
Mahamid's family until this moment have not been informed about the release date or any relevant information.
18 july 2018
Bereaved families clash with relatives of terrorists whose bodies are being held by Israel during a hearing in the HCJ; lawyer from the Attorney General's office says withholding bodies is necessary for future prisoner exchange negotiations with Hamas.
Bereaved Israeli families and relatives of Palestinian terrorists clashed at a High Court of Justice hearing on Tuesday.
The confrontation took place at the end of a hearing on a petition to return the bodies of terrorists being held by Israel. It quickly turned violent with some participants exchanging blows, pushing and cursing. video
Matan Peleg, the CEO of the right-wing Im Tirtzu movement, who also attended the hearing, said the behavior of the families of the terrorists serve as proof of their support for terrorism.
"If there was ever a need for any more proof that the families of the terrorists support the murderers raised in their homes, we saw it clearly during the hearing," he said.
“The reality in which the bereaved families are physically attacked by the relatives of the murderers in the High Court is completely unacceptable. It’s shameful," Peleg vented.
The hearing had a panel of seven judges, headed by the Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut.
In the past, the High Court ruled there was no legal authority to withhold the bodies of terrorists. In response, the state requested for another hearing.
Attorney Aner Helman from the Attorney General's Office argued that Israel is only responding to similar actions of terror organizations in Gaza.
"As we know, Hamas still holds captive an Israeli citizen and two bodies of IDF soldiers, who are being held solely for the purpose of prisoner exchange negotiations with Israel," he explained.
Helman also added that Israel is currently holding the bodies of six terrorists, with four being from the West Bank and the other two from Jerusalem.
Herzl Hajaj, whose daughter Lt. Shir Hajaj was murdered in a vehicular terror attack in Jerusalem in 2016, also attended the hearing, saying the events at the court were "absurd."
"This is completely absurd. A family that prides itself on educating their sons to murder and hate Israelis should not be allowed to have a dignified burial place. This is a win for terrorism. Every terrorist's body has to be thrown into the sea like the US did with Osama bin Laden," he opined. video video
Israel is holding 253 corpses since 1968 and 18 since 2015
Bereaved Israeli families and relatives of Palestinian terrorists clashed at a High Court of Justice hearing on Tuesday.
The confrontation took place at the end of a hearing on a petition to return the bodies of terrorists being held by Israel. It quickly turned violent with some participants exchanging blows, pushing and cursing. video
Matan Peleg, the CEO of the right-wing Im Tirtzu movement, who also attended the hearing, said the behavior of the families of the terrorists serve as proof of their support for terrorism.
"If there was ever a need for any more proof that the families of the terrorists support the murderers raised in their homes, we saw it clearly during the hearing," he said.
“The reality in which the bereaved families are physically attacked by the relatives of the murderers in the High Court is completely unacceptable. It’s shameful," Peleg vented.
The hearing had a panel of seven judges, headed by the Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut.
In the past, the High Court ruled there was no legal authority to withhold the bodies of terrorists. In response, the state requested for another hearing.
Attorney Aner Helman from the Attorney General's Office argued that Israel is only responding to similar actions of terror organizations in Gaza.
"As we know, Hamas still holds captive an Israeli citizen and two bodies of IDF soldiers, who are being held solely for the purpose of prisoner exchange negotiations with Israel," he explained.
Helman also added that Israel is currently holding the bodies of six terrorists, with four being from the West Bank and the other two from Jerusalem.
Herzl Hajaj, whose daughter Lt. Shir Hajaj was murdered in a vehicular terror attack in Jerusalem in 2016, also attended the hearing, saying the events at the court were "absurd."
"This is completely absurd. A family that prides itself on educating their sons to murder and hate Israelis should not be allowed to have a dignified burial place. This is a win for terrorism. Every terrorist's body has to be thrown into the sea like the US did with Osama bin Laden," he opined. video video
Israel is holding 253 corpses since 1968 and 18 since 2015
16 july 2018
Thousands of Palestinians in Ramallah took to the streets on Monday in a peaceful march demanding returning the bodies of Palestinian martyrs from Israeli cemeteries.
The protesters also condemned Israeli policies and violations practiced against Palestinian martyrs and prisoners.
The participants carried photos of Palestinians whose bodies are still detained in Israeli cemeteries of numbers.
The event came prior to the Israeli Supreme Court’s session slated to be held on Tuesday to decide on the corpses of Palestinian martyrs. Some 249 Palestinian martyrs’ bodies are still detained in Israeli cemeteries of numbers.
The participants called on the Palestinian authority to pay more attention to the issue of Palestinian martyrs and to activate the matter at the International Criminal Court.
The protesters also condemned Israeli policies and violations practiced against Palestinian martyrs and prisoners.
The participants carried photos of Palestinians whose bodies are still detained in Israeli cemeteries of numbers.
The event came prior to the Israeli Supreme Court’s session slated to be held on Tuesday to decide on the corpses of Palestinian martyrs. Some 249 Palestinian martyrs’ bodies are still detained in Israeli cemeteries of numbers.
The participants called on the Palestinian authority to pay more attention to the issue of Palestinian martyrs and to activate the matter at the International Criminal Court.
