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January 25, 2016

West Bank: Funeral Held for Palestinian Girl Killed by Israeli Forces
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In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, residents gathered for the funeral of
a 13-year-old Palestinian girl shot dead by Israeli security guards
Saturday. Israeli police say Ruqayya Eid Abu Eid was killed after she
tried to stab an Israeli guard at a Jewish-only settlement Anatot. This
comes as Palestinians demand the release of the bodies of at least 10
Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces since October. On
Thursday, families staged a symbolic funeral, carrying empty coffins on
a march to the United Nations headquarters in the West Bank city of
Ramallah, demanding the Israeli government return the bodies of
Palestinians held in Israeli morgues.


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