A sit-in in Al-Am’ari camp demands releasing the bodies of the martyrs still held by the occupation

Hundreds of Palestinians participated today in a sit-in staged in the Al-Am’ari camp in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank to demand the return of the bodies of the martyrs, which are still being held by the Israeli occupation authorities.

Wafa news agency reported that the participants in the vigil, which the Palestinian national forces called for, lifted an empty coffin and pictures of the martyrs whose bodies were withheld.

The mother of the martyr Nasser Abu Hamid, who was martyred on the 20th of this month in Ramla detention center and the occupation refused to hand over his body to his family, said: “I am here for the body of Nasser and the bodies of all the detained martyrs, to honor them by burial in the land of Palestine, for the freedom and independence of which they sacrificed their lives.

The mother of the martyr Abu Hamid stressed the importance of continuing popular activities in order to force the occupation to submit to the demand to hand over the bodies of the martyrs.

For her part, Dalal Salameh, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, pointed out that the stand proves that the Palestinian people are rallying around their fighters and families, noting that there is a need for more international solidarity to place the institutions of the international community before their responsibilities in stopping the crimes of the occupation.