Israel’s Inhumane Practice of Withholding Palestinian Bodies

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"Raja' sat quietly in her living room, staring at her son's picture on the wall. She loved the way he smiled, and said she sees him in every corner of the house. But now, she only has painful memories, knowing his body is detained by Israeli occupation forces in an Israeli morgue.

Martyrs' families in the West Bank say Israeli policy to hold their children's bodies is a form of collective punishment.

Some of the bodies have been held since 2016. More than 118 Palestinian martyrs are still in the Israeli morgues, while 253 are buried in unknown cemeteries called 'the cemeteries of numbers', in very inhumane conditions.

According to human rights organizations, the bodies are buried in shallow ground, which exposes them to wild animals. Moreover, they are only tagged by numbers in these secret cemeteries, which can result in mixing up the graves."

Read this heartbreaking story by Fayha Shalash at  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/i-feel-he-is-cold-israels-inhumane-practice-of-withholding-palestinian-bodies/