Mother waits 36 years for Israel to return son’s body
Mourners carry the body of Amr al-Faqih during his funeral in Qatna village, west of Jerusalem, on 2 November, one day after his body was released by Israel. The youth was shot dead at an Israeli checkpoint on 17 October.-APA images
Palestinians carry the bodies of five teenagers killed by Israeli forces during their funeral procession in Hebron on 31 October after Israel released the children’s bodies.
For the last 36 years, Raoufa Khattab has refused to believe that her son Abd al-Rahman is dead until she sees his remains with her own eyes.
“They haven’t returned his body to us, so perhaps he’s alive, perhaps he’s in jail,” she keeps telling Ahmad, another son.
