March in Ramallah calling for returning martyrs’ bodies

Thousands of Palestinians in Ramallah took to the streets on Monday in a peaceful march demanding returning the bodies of Palestinian martyrs from Israeli cemeteries.

The protesters also condemned Israeli policies and violations practiced against Palestinian martyrs and prisoners.

The participants carried photos of Palestinians whose bodies are still detained in Israeli cemeteries of numbers.

The event came prior to the Israeli Supreme Court’s session slated to be held on Tuesday to decide on the corpses of Palestinian martyrs. Some 249 Palestinian martyrs’ bodies are still detained in Israeli cemeteries of numbers.

The participants called on the Palestinian authority to pay more attention to the issue of Palestinian martyrs and to activate the matter at the International Criminal Court.