Palestinian families campaigning for Israel to return their children’s bodies

Palestinian families of martyrs take part a protest to demand delivery of the bodies of their sons, in the West Bank city of Hebron on 20 October 2018 [Wisam Hashlamoun/ApaImages]

Around 20 years ago, Mohammad Nassar, 62, lost his son, Shadi, who was participating in resistance activities against the Israeli occupation during the second Palestinian intifada, Anadolu Agency reports. Nassar has since been in a constant struggle to retrieve Shadi's body from Israeli authorities. "I want to bury him with full dignity, I want to rest in peace with the knowledge that he has a marked grave," Nassar told Anadolu Agency. "I'm 62 years today and I have never stopped struggling for this for nearly 20 years, continuously." Since 2008, Nassar has been a central figure in the National Campaign for the Recovery of Martyrs' Bodies. Parents of the deceased Palestinians are members of the campaign and are fighting to […] Source

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