AMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Israel on Thursday handed over the bodies of 91 Palestinians killed during anti-Israeli attacks, some of whom died more than 40 years ago, officials on both sides said.
The transfer began before dawn, when Israel formally gave the bodies to the Palestinians at a location near the West Bank city of Jericho, with 79 of them immediately transferred to Ramallah, and the other 12 sent to Gaza.
"At 4:00 am (0100 GMT) today, we received the remains of 91 martyrs, 79 from the West Bank and 12 from Gaza who had been buried (by the Israelis) in an inhumane and unethical fashion in numbered graves in the Jordan Valley," said Hussein al-Sheikh, head of the Palestinian general committee for civil affairs.
"They will all be wrapped in a shroud and the Palestinian flag, they will be identified and have the last rites performed," he told AFP.
The Israel Defence Forces confirmed the first part of the transfer had taken place. more
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