RAMALLAH, Monday, September 09, 2019 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Commission said the Israeli prosecution has decided to hand over the body of martyr Omar Abdel Karim Younis, from Qalqilia’s village of Siniriya, within a maximum period of two weeks.

The body of Younis has been withheld by the Israeli authorities for over five months, along with the bodies of dozens of other martyrs, including the bodies of four Palestinian prisoners who died while in Israeli custody.

Younis died on April 4th while in custody at an Israeli hospital, a week after he was shot by Israeli soldiers near Za‘atara checkpoint, south of Nablus.

The Israeli High Court today gave the Israeli military the greenlight to keep bodies of Palestinians killed by Israelis as a bargaining chip in any future exchange negotiations, according to the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC).

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