‘Israel’ hands over body of female Palestinian killed by its forces eight months ago
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Israeli occupation authorities handed over yesterday the body of a slain female Palestinian killed in April by its forces in the old city of Hebron, and her body had been withheld since her killing by the occupation authorities.
Maha Kazem Za’atari, a 24-year-old resident of the old city of Hebron, was shot and killed in April by Israeli occupation soldiers over allegedly trying to carry out a stabbing operation against heavily-armed soldiers stationed near al-Ibrahimi Mosque.
Maha’s body had been withheld by the occupation authorities since her killing.
On Friday afternoon, her body was handed over by the Israeli occupation forces to the Palestinian Red Crescent at the Tarqumia military checkpoint, west of the city, who later handed over the body to her family for a final farewell.
Maha Zaatari, a young Palestinian woman killed by Israeli occupation forces in April, was buried today after her body was handed over to her family after 8 months of being withheld by the Israeli occupation authorities. pic.twitter.com/CIC4aMzHQf
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 23, 2022
Media coverage: "Israeli occupation authorities today handed over the body of Palestinian woman Maha Al-Zaatari to her family, eight months after she was shot dead by the occupation forces in the Old City of Hebron." pic.twitter.com/z1KyGjLdAT
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 23, 2022
A military funeral parade was also held for the young woman, before being laid to rest in the Al-Shuhadaa Cemetery in the city.
Israeli occupation authorities’ practice of confiscating and withholding Palestinian bodies is a violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, which include absolute prohibitions on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, as well as stipulate that parties of an armed conflict must bury the deceased in an honorable way, rights groups have said.
For families, the practice amounts to collective punishment in violation of international humanitarian law.
Israeli occupation is withholding the corpses of 370 Palestinians killed in action since 1967 who are buried at the “numbers cemetery,” including 11 prisoners who died in prisons.
