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  • » Palestinian Shot Dead After Alleged Stabbing Attempt in Jerusalem
    February 23, 2020 1:05 AM – IMEMC News
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    The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed, on Saturday, the death of the alleged attacker, who was shot and killed earlier in the day by the Israeli police in Bab al-Asbat area in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.

    Israeli police opened a barrage of gunfire the Palestinian man at Lions’ Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City, reportedly after attempting a stabbing attack.

    Witnesses told WAFA that the young man, who was not immediately identified, was shot several times and was left to bleed on the ground before Israeli paramedics arrived at the scene.

    The young man was identified as Maher Ibrahim Zaatra , 33, was a father of three children, and his wife is pregnant, from Jabal al-Mokabber village, south of occupied East Jerusalem. Video clips show the young man lying motionless on the ground, with a large police force at the scene.

    In an act of retribution and collective punishment, the soldiers invaded the home of the slain Palestinian, ransacked the property, before abducting his mother, and two brothers.

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    • Ten Months After Killing Him, Soldiers Transfer Corpse of Slain Palestinian To Family
      Dec 31, 2020
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      Israeli soldiers handed, on Thursday at dawn, the corpse of a slain Palestinian, who was shot by the army more than ten months ago, back to his family for burial, under strict conditions and limitations.

      Media sources said the soldiers transferred the corpse of Maher Ibrahim Za’atra, 33, to his family for burial in Jabal al-Mokabber town, in occupied Jerusalem.

      They added that the soldiers imposed severe restrictions on the burial ceremony, only allowing a few family members to attend, under heaving deployment by the soldiers around him home, in addition to the graveyard and its surrounding areas.

      Za’atra, from Jabal al-Mokabber village, south of occupied East Jerusalem, was a father of three children, and his wife was also pregnant.

      It is worth mentioning that Israeli soldiers and police officers killed Za’atra, on February 22, 2020, after firing a barrage of live rounds at him at Lions’ Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City, reportedly after attempting to stab them.

      In an act of retribution and collective punishment, the soldiers invaded the home of the slain Palestinian, ransacked the property, before abducting his mother, and two brothers.