According to Press TV, relatives of the martyred Palestinians took to the streets along with a number of local officials in al-Khalil on Thursday to denounce Zionist regime’s refusal to hand over the bodies.
The protesters carried photos of 21 Palestinians whose bodies are being held by Israeli authorities, demanding immediate and unconditional handover of the remains.
In October, Zionist regime’s security cabinet decided not to return the bodies of Palestinian assailants shot and martyred by the regime's forces to their families. Israeli officials are worried mass funerals often held for the dead could further intensify unrest in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Tensions have dramatically escalated in the occupied territories since August, when the Israeli regime imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds.
More than 120 Palestinians have been martyred in the recent escalation of violence since the start of October.
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source : irib
