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Palestinians bury 17-year-old killed by Israel in March
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Palestinians held a funeral Thursday for 17-year-old Salim Sami Salim Fuqaha in his village, Middle East Eye reported. Israeli authorities had withheld his body since he was killed on 16 March in Sinjil, in the occupied West Bank. The release of his remains came after months in Israeli custody.
The funeral marked an end to the family's wait to lay their son to rest. Israeli authorities routinely retain the bodies of Palestinians killed in military operations, a practice that has drawn repeated condemnation from human rights organizations and international observers who view it as collective punishment and a denial of basic burial rights.
