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Israel returns bodies of 23 Palestinian ‘attackers’
The military transferred the bodies to vehicles of the Red Cross at checkpoints in the area of Hebron and in the northern West Bank, the spokesperson added.
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Amid accusations that Israel had harvested organs from the bodies of Palestinians killed while suspected of carrying out attacks on Israelis, Tamimi said: “Autopsies showed that the Israeli occupation hasn’t operated on the bodies or stolen any organs”.
The funeral was held on Saturday after the Israeli regime handed over the bodies of 23 Palestinians, including the 14, on Friday night.
Israeli authorities announced on Thursday morning that 11 bodies would be released, but decided at the last-minute to hold four of those set to be released for “security reasons”.
The funerals of the rest of the Palestinians handed over by Israel were to take place Saturday throughout the West Bank. Palestinian sources said the Israelis were still holding a total of 17 bodies.
Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers over the past three and a half months have killed 21 Israelis, mostly in stabbings, shootings and car-ramming attacks. Police could also be holding more bodies, she said.
The Tel Aviv regime refrains from returning the bodies of those killed in clashes with its forces in order to prevent mass protests that usually follow funerals.
Israel is still withholding the bodies of about 40 other Palestinians – most from occupied East Jerusalem.
Shawan Jabarin, director of Al-Haq said that: ” There are no security reasons, it is a policy to put pressure on the families of the martyrs, the Israelis know the value of the martyr of the Palestinian family.
His death brings to 138 the number of Palestinians killed since a wave of violence erupted at the start of October, according to an AFP count. On Friday the Israeli military transferred nearly two dozen bodies of Palestinians it s…
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November that Israel is refusing to return the bodies of Palestinians unless their funerals are kept “modest”.