The Israeli occupation holds 500 bodies of Palestinian martyrs, including 58 martyrs as early as the beginning of this year

The Palestinian National Campaign to Recover the Detained Bodies of Martyrs and Reveal the Fate of the Missing Persons announced that the Israeli occupation authorities continue to detain the bodies of 500 Palestinian martyrs in a number cemeteries and refrigerators, including the bodies of 58 martyrs which have been held since the beginning of this year.

The Campaign said in a statement today, reported by Wafa Agency: This crime of the occupation authorities, embodied in detaining the bodies of the martyrs, is a violation of the principles of international humanitarian law and relevant international norms.

The Campaign added: Detaining bodies is an offense against the human dignity of the Palestinians during their life and after their demise, and it is a collective punishment that calls out the national and international position to demand the return of the bodies of these martyrs, so as to enable their families to rebury them in a manner befitting human dignity.

The Campaign called for pressuring the occupation government to release the bodies of the Palestinian martyrs.