Martyrs returned from ‘cemetery of numbers’ in Jordan Valley
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Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) is returning the bodies of Palestinian martyrs buried in the Jordan Valley. In an agreement with the PA, Israel is returning 100 bodies from shallow graves identified only by serial numbers.
At about 6.40am, Israeli military and police escorted 4 cargo trucks containing the bodies from the closed military zone to Road 90.
A military ceremony is being held in Ramallah in honor of the deceased, and their families.
The bodies will then be transferred to the families for burial including 12 being returned to the Gaza Strip.
17 will be buried in a mass grave because their families could not be identified.