Funeral Held for Palestinians Killed by Zionist Troops

Date: 26 January 2019 - 21:24

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WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Mourners have attended funeral processions for three Palestinians shot dead by Zionist troops in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
Scores of Palestinians gathered on Saturday in Rafah, located 30 kilometers south of Gaza City, to bid farewell to 25-year-old Ehab Atallah Hussein Abed, who was shot dead during weekly anti-occupation protests at the fence separating Gaza from the occupied territories a day earlier.
In the West Bank, mourners attended the funeral of Ahmed Hamed, 16, who was killed by Zionist troops in Ramallah on Friday for allegedly hurling stones at the troops.
Another Palestinian Hamdan Tawfiq al-Arda, 60, whose body was handed over to his family after being withheld for more than 40 days, was laid to rest in the village of Arraba near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Arda was shot and killed by Zionist troops more than one month ago for allegedly carrying out a ramming attack against Zionist troops in the city of al-Bireh.
Palestinians have held weekly protests on the Gaza border, over the siege on the enclave and the right for refugees to return to their homes they were forcibly expelled from during the 1948 creation of the regime.
Nearly 250 Palestinians have been killed by Zionist troops ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30. Over 26,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
Meanwhile, one Palestinian was killed and six others wounded on Saturday after being shot with live ammunition during clashes with Zionist troops and settlers north of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. At least one of the Palestinian casualties is said to be wounded in serious condition.
In a statement, Health Ministry identified the killed man as 38-year-old Hamdi Taleb Naasan, who is said to have been shot in the back.
The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14 last year, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with the U.S. embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East al-Quds.
Tensions have risen across the Palestinian territories since a move by the United States in late 2017 to recognize the holy city of al-Quds in the West Bank as the regime’s "capital.”
The move flew directly in the face of Palestinians’ demand that the city’s eastern part serve as the capital of their future state, and prompted a vote by the United Nations General Assembly soon afterwards that called on Washington to withdraw the recognition.