TEHRAN, Jan 26 -Mourners have attended funeral processions for three Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -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 Israeli 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 Israeli forces in Ramallah on Friday for allegedly hurling stones at soldiers.
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 Israeli 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 Israeli forces in Ramallah on Friday for allegedly hurling stones at soldiers.
Nearly 250 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30. Over 26,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
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 US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem al-Quds in the West Bank as Israel’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.
Source: Press TV
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