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Official PA daily calls two terrorists who stabbed and ran over Israelis “Martyrs”

Headline: "The occupation decided to hand over the bodies of the Jerusalem Martyrs Manasrah and Eskafi"

"The occupation authorities decided yesterday, Monday [March 21, 2016], to hand over the bodies of two Jerusalem Martyrs (Shahids) (i.e., terrorists who stabbed and tried to kill Israelis by car ramming) to their families after midnight so that they can bury them in the Lion's Gate cemetery in the city, after they were held in refrigerators for several months…

It should be noted that the child Martyr [Hassan] Manasrah ascended [to Heaven] on Oct. 12, 2015 in the settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev, which is located on the lands of Beit Hanina, while Martyr [Omar] Eskafi ascended [to Heaven] on Dec. 6, 2015 in West Jerusalem."

Pisgat Ze'ev stabbing attack - On Oct. 12, 2015, two Palestinian terrorists, Hassan ‎Manasrah (15) and Ahmad Manasrah (13), stabbed Yossef Ben Shalom (21) in the Pisgat ‎Ze'ev neighborhood of East Jerusalem, and then repeatedly stabbed Naor Ben Ezra (13) who was riding his bike. Hassan Manasrah was killed while fleeing the scene, and Ahmad Manasrah was shot by Israeli police and hospitalized. Both victims of the attack were seriously injured. The terrorists, who were cousins, came from the nearby Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina.

Omar Eskafi – 21-year-old Palestinian terrorist who rammed his car into 2 Israelis on Yermiyahu St. in Jerusalem on Dec. 6, 2015, and then got out of his car and stabbed an Israeli policeman. Eskafi was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier.

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