Palestinian dead become Israeli bargaining chip - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ahmad Melhem

Ahmad Melhem

Jul 29, 2015

Palestinians carry coffins containing the remains of Palestinian militants Fathi Ameereh (R) and Ata Samahneh during their funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus January 22, 2014. Israel begun to exhume the remains of a number of Palestinian militants, including Ameereh and Samahneh, to return them to their families for burial, the army said on Sunday, a move that could help ease some tension between the adversaries. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST OBITUARY) - RTX17PKK — Palestinians carry coffins containing the remains of Palestinian militants Fathi Ameereh (R) and Ata Samahneh during their funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus, Jan. 22, 2014. Israel exhumed the remains of a number of Palestinian militants, including Ameereh and Samahneh, to return them to their families for burial. — REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

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An elderly Palestinian walks through a cemetery in Hebron, with in the background an old market building along al-Shuhada Street that was designated by Israel to be a new settlement, with existing settler buildings behind, West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.

Israel buries Palestinians in numbered graves

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Iraqi authorities work to identify bodies in mass graves

Wassim Bassem

The Civil Defence director in Hamas-ruled Gaza said Israeli authorities did not provide any information about the 80 bodies, who were buried in a mass grave near Khan Yunis city

Gaza officials say 80 Palestinian corpses handed over by Israel

Agence France-Presse

Palestinian women watch the funeral of Moataz Sharawneh in the West Bank village of Dura, near Hebron July 2, 2013. Israeli soldiers shot dead Sharawneh during a confrontation in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said Palestinians threw rocks at soldiers who were on routine duties in Dura. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX11A6N

Return of Palestinian Bodies Essential To Peace Process

Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics