Quds News Network

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. https://twitter.com/qudsnen/status/1606325061903753221?s=46&t=cshC2gxnVS20yQV0XAJVMw https://twitter.com/qudsnen/status/1606271990192820225?s=46&t=cshC2gxnVS20yQV0XAJVMw 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.

‘Israel’ hands over body of female Palestinian killed by its forces eight months ago

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