JERICHO, Wednesday, May 10, 2023 (WAFA) – The General Authority of Civil Affairs Wednesday said that its crews received the body of a slain Palestinian from the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Aqbat Jabr, in Jericho, after it was handed over by the Israeli authorities.

The Authority said in a statement that the body of Suleiman Oweid was taken to the Jericho governmental hospital, and will be laid to rest according to the arrangements of his family and relatives.

Oweid was killed by Israeli forces in April 24, 2023.

This comes as part of the intensive follow-up carried out by the Authority, and under direct directions from Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hussein al-Sheikh, in order to recover the bodies of the slain Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.

K.T.