Tag Archives: Funeral

Funeral held for killed Palestinian Huwayshel Hawajira in Gaza

Maan News Agency | Published today 01:12 GAZA CITY (AFP) — Palestinians on Tuesday held the funeral of a Gaza resident killed by the Israeli army the night before, in an incident human rights groups condemned. Huwayshel Hawajira, 36, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday evening, medical sources […]

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PA police quell peaceful march of coffins outside Abbas’s office

[ PIC 29/08/2013 – 10:02 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces on Wednesday afternoon used excessive violence against peaceful protestors carrying symbolic coffins in procession to the headquarters of de facto president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah city. The protestors carried four empty coffins, representing three Palestinian young men killed on Tuesday […]

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Several Palestinians Injured Near Hebron in Israeli attack on funeral procession

 Thursday August 01, 2013 23:41 by IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported Thursday [August 1, 2013] that several Palestinians have been injured, and one has been kidnapped, after Israeli soldiers and settlers attacked a funeral procession in Beit Ummar town, north of […]

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Hundreds of mourners join funeral for former Palestinian prisoner

Maan News | July 17, 2013   RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral procession of ex-Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Abu al-Sukkar in Ramallah on Wednesday. Abu al-Sakkar, 78, died late Tuesday after suffering a heart attack. He had been imprisoned by Israel for 28 years and was released in 2003 after a request […]

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VIDEO | Palestinians bid farewell to teen killed by Israeli forces ~ by @PressTV

Published on Jul 3, 2013 by PressTV Palestinians bury the body of a 19-year-old boy who was brutally killed by Israeli forces. The teenager was run over by an Israeli military vehicle after being shot by soldiers in the West Bank town of Doura on Tuesday. Press TV’s Hanna Qassis reports Ramallah Maan News Agency […]

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Massive attendance at funeral of teen Moataz Sharawna slain by Israeli soldiers

[ PIC 03/07/2013 – 01:59 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Thousands of Palestinians attended on Tuesday evening the funeral of the slain teenager Moataz Sharawna, 19, in Dura town, south of Al-Khalil city. The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter said that the funeral procession started before the afternoon prayer and headed to Ashamiya cemetery where the […]

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Live Blog | 19 Year old Palestinian student Muatazz Idreis Sharawnah killed by Israeli forces in Dura (updated)

LIVE BLOG | Continuous updates below this post Maan News Agency | July 1, 2013  HEBRON (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained after midnight when he was struck down by an Israeli military vehicle in the Dura city in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. A Palestinian security source […]

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Thousands attend funeral for Gaza airstrike victim

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Haitham al-Meshal, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during a funeral held in Gaza City on April 30, 2013. PressTV Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:2PM GMT Meshal was killed in an Israeli attack that hit the Shati refugee camp in northwestern Gaza City, Hamas stated, adding that another […]

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Thousands attend funerals of teenagers shot by Israeli army

BREAKING: Israel kills 2 teenagers at checkpoint east of Tulkarem | Live Blog RTE News | April 4, 2013 Thousands of mourners turned out for the funerals of three Palestinians, including two teenagers killed by Israeli army gunfire. There has been an upsurge of unrest in the West Bank, triggered by the death of Maysara […]

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Students suffer breathing problems in Israeli army quelling of funeral

[ PIC 27/03/2013 – 11:37 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A number of girl students suffered breathing difficulty in north of Al-Khalil on Tuesday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas at a funeral procession. Activist Yousef Aby Mariya told the PIC that IOF soldiers stormed the village of Beit Ummar, north of Al-Khalil, near a […]

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Thousands participate in funeral of the “Khansa of Palestine” Umm Nidal Farahat

[ PIC 17/03/2013 – 08:19 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Thousands of Palestinians participated on Sunday afternoon in the funeral of “Khansa of Palestine” MP Mariam Farhat, who passed away at dawn Sunday at age of 64 after long struggle with illness. The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and the First Deputy head of the Legislative […]

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Several injured in clashes after Moayed Nazih Gazawna’s Jerusalem funeral

All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline Maan News Agency | March 15, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Clashes broke out north of Jerusalem on Friday following the funeral of a Palestinian man who died earlier in the day after being injured three weeks ago by Israeli forces. Thousands of […]

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Thousands of Palestinians mourn martyr Teeti

All Israeli Attacks – Timeline | All Israeli cease Fire Violations – Timeline [ PIC 13/03/2013 – 09:43 PM ] AL-KHALIL, GAZA, (PIC)– Tens of thousands of people from al-Khalil participated on Wednesday afternoon in the funeral of martyr Mahmoud Adel Teeti, 24, from Fawwar refugee camp south of al-Khalil. Al-Teeti is a Palestinian prisoners’ […]

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#ArafatJaradat | Palestinian marches to coincide with Jaradat’s funeral

LIVE BLOG ABOUT THE DEATH OF ARAFAT JARADAT Continuous Updates [ PIC 25/02/2013 – 06:03 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– More than 25 thousand Palestinians have attended on Monday afternoon the large funeral procession of the Martyr Arafat Shailesh Jaradat in the town of Seir. Thousands of citizens from the city of al-Khalil and its […]

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Israeli forces’ quelling of funeral burns down Palestinian home

[ PIC 30/01/2013 – 12:01 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas and metal bullets at a funeral at the main entrance of Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, on Tuesday starting fire in a Palestine home. Yousef Abu Mariya, a member of the popular committee against the wall in the village, […]

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