Israel releases bodies of two Palestinians killed in al-Khalil
Israeli authorities have released the bodies of at least two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli military forces after alleged stabbing attacks in the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).
Israeli officials delivered the bodies of 22-year-old Raed Jaradat and Mahmoud Ghanimat, 20, to the Palestinian side at the Tarqumiya checkpoint in western al-Khalil, located 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of al-Quds (Jerusalem), early on Sunday morning, Arabic-language Ma’an news agency reported.
The report added that Israeli officials refused to deliver the bodies of seven other Palestinians after the relatives of the victims refused to accept Israelis’ demand for their burial shortly after reception.
Israeli sources have disclosed that Israel’s Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan is opposed to the delivery of the bodies of slain Palestinians to their families, warning that their funeral procession could further escalate tensions between Palestinians and the Tel Aviv regime.
Meanwhile, the Hebrew-language daily newspaper, Maariv, citing an unnamed Israeli source, alleged that the bodies of slain Palestinians are of no strategic significance to the Tel Aviv regime, and that Israeli authorities cannot identify some of them.
On Saturday, clashes erupted at the funeral procession for five Palestinian teenagers killed by Israeli forces in the recent wave of aggression against Palestinians in the occupied territories.
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral for the teenagers, including two girls, in al-Khalil after Israeli authorities returned their bodies.
The Palestinians carried national flags and chanted anti-Israeli slogans, when skirmishes broke out between them and Israeli forces.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 71 Palestinians, including 12 children, two infants and a pregnant woman, have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli forces since the beginning of October. Some 7,100 others have also sustained injuries.
The fresh wave of tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories was triggered by the Israeli regime’s imposition in August of restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Palestinians are also angry at increasing violence by Israeli settlers, who frequently storm the al-Aqsa Mosque.
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