Abbas sends wreath for bomber's grave
“A large number of people from the Jenin District participated in an impressive official procession yesterday [Jan. 20, 2014], which set out from the Khalil Suliman Government Hospital to transfer the remains of Martyr (Shahid) Majdi Abd Al-Jawad Abd Al-Jabbar Khanfar to the village of his birth, Silat Ad-Dhahar, in the southern area of the Jenin [District], where he was buried.
District Governor of Jenin Talal Dweikat, the leadership of [Fatah’s] Jenin branch, the heads of the security establishment, Palestinian Parliament (Legislative Council) and Revolutionary Council members, Mufti Muhammad Abu Sa’id and representatives from both official and civilian forces and institutions participated in the state military funeral procession.
Martyr Khanfar, who died as a Martyr at age 21 and whose body was held for 12 years in what are known as ‘the Martyrs’ numbered cemeteries’ (i.e., Israeli cemeteries for terrorists and enemy soldiers), was shrouded in a Palestinian flag and laid on government vehicles that passed in an official procession through the city streets, in order to transfer his remains and lay him to rest at his birthplace…
District Governor Dweikat laid a wreath on behalf of the President [Mahmoud Abbas] on Martyr Khanfar’s grave.”
From WAFA, official PA news agency
Note: Majdi Khanfar was a member of the terror organization the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (Fatah’s military wing). He and Fathi Amira intended to carry out a suicide attack on March 30, 2002. One terrorist was shot to death and the other detonated his bomb and was killed in the exchange of fire with the Israeli army force dispatched to prevent the attack. Israeli soldier Constantine Danilov was killed during the exchange of fire.
The Cemeteries for Enemy Casualties are two burial sites maintained by the Israeli army for burying the bodies of enemy soldiers as well as terrorists. They are fenced and well-marked. Graves have markers instead of gravestones. Burial is temporary, on the assumption that the bodies will eventually be returned to their countries of origin. No ceremony is held. The bodies are buried in numbered caskets, after their identities have been documented.
District Governor of Jenin Talal Dweikat, the leadership of [Fatah’s] Jenin branch, the heads of the security establishment, Palestinian Parliament (Legislative Council) and Revolutionary Council members, Mufti Muhammad Abu Sa’id and representatives from both official and civilian forces and institutions participated in the state military funeral procession.
Martyr Khanfar, who died as a Martyr at age 21 and whose body was held for 12 years in what are known as ‘the Martyrs’ numbered cemeteries’ (i.e., Israeli cemeteries for terrorists and enemy soldiers), was shrouded in a Palestinian flag and laid on government vehicles that passed in an official procession through the city streets, in order to transfer his remains and lay him to rest at his birthplace…
District Governor Dweikat laid a wreath on behalf of the President [Mahmoud Abbas] on Martyr Khanfar’s grave.”
From WAFA, official PA news agency
Note: Majdi Khanfar was a member of the terror organization the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (Fatah’s military wing). He and Fathi Amira intended to carry out a suicide attack on March 30, 2002. One terrorist was shot to death and the other detonated his bomb and was killed in the exchange of fire with the Israeli army force dispatched to prevent the attack. Israeli soldier Constantine Danilov was killed during the exchange of fire.
The Cemeteries for Enemy Casualties are two burial sites maintained by the Israeli army for burying the bodies of enemy soldiers as well as terrorists. They are fenced and well-marked. Graves have markers instead of gravestones. Burial is temporary, on the assumption that the bodies will eventually be returned to their countries of origin. No ceremony is held. The bodies are buried in numbered caskets, after their identities have been documented.