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| IDF says it is holding body of Palestinian shot dead for hurling firebombs |
| 2020-10-10 |
| [IsraelTimes] Military had stayed silent on fate of man since Monday incident; last month Israel said it would stop returning bodies of any Paleostinians killed in anti-Israeli attacks. The Israeli military said Friday it was holding the body of a Paleostinian rubbed out in a West Bank clash earlier this week, ending days of uncertainty over his fate. The announcement follows a policy change last month in which Israel said it would not return the bodies of any Paleostinian killed during or as a result of an anti-Israeli attack. The policy aims both to prevent celebratory funerals in attackers’ hometowns and to potentially use them in negotiations to retrieve the bodies of Israeli soldiers held by terror groups. On Monday, 27-year-old Paleostinian Samir Hamidi was killed by Israeli soldiers near the northern West Bank settlement of Einav after the military said he threw Molotov cocktails at soldiers. "Troops spotted three assailants who hurled Molotov cocktails at them," the army said Monday. "The troops responded with fire and identified hitting one of the assailants." At the time, the military had not mentioned Hamidi was killed, but his death was then reported by Paleostinian media. On Friday, the IDF named him. "The body of the terrorist is being held by the IDF according to existing procedures, until a decision is made in accordance with the guidance from elected officials on the issue of holding the bodies of terrorists," the IDF statement added. The family of Hamidi, from the village of Beit Lid, close to the Israeli settlement at Einav, has refused to receive condolence visits until his body is returned. Security coordination between Israel and the Paleostinian Authority has been at a standstill since May, in protest over Israel’s plans at the time to annex parts of the West Bank, a move since suspended. Paleostinian government front man Ibrahim Melhem told AFP that in "the absence of any coordination," they were told of Hamidi’s death by the International Committee of the Red Thingy. In early September, Israel said it would withhold the bodies of all slain Paleostinian assailants. Prior to the decision, Israel retained only the bodies of those from Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,, the Islamist terror group that rules Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... At the time, Defence Minister Benny Gantz said the policy change was part of a broader campaign of deterrence. |
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