Three towns in al-Khalil mourned on Saturday morning four slain Palestinians after their bodies were released from Israeli morgues on Friday.
Hundreds of people in Beit Naim town marched this morning in the funerals of Sara Tarayra and Firas Khadour while the martyr Mohamed Sararhin was buried in his home town of Beit Ula to the west of al-Khalil.
Along the same line hundreds of local residents took part in the funeral of Khaled Bahar in Beit Ummar after declaring three days mourning.
The mourners held banners and chanted slogans demanding revenge and an immediate response to Israeli crimes.
Following the funeral violent clashes broke out in the town with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) amid heavy use of teargas bombs and rubber bullets.
Firas Khadour was killed on Sep. 16 after IOF soldiers opened fired on the 18-year-old and his 18-year-old relative Raghad Khadour after the two allegedly attempted to carry out a car ramming attack killing Fares instantly and critically injuring Raghad who was hospitalized for weeks and later released after the accusation against both proved to be false.
On July 1 Israeli forces shot dead 27-year-old Sarah Tarayra who was pregnant after she allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack against border police officers near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil.
On the same day 30-year-old Mohamed Sararhin was killed after succumbing to gunshot wounds sustained earlier in the day when Israeli forces raided the village of Beit Ula and opened live fire on him.
Along the same line Israeli forces killed 15-year-old Khaled Bahar on Oct. 20 in the town of Beit Ummar for being allegedly involved in a rock-throwing incident.
In Nablus thousands of Palestinians mourned the female martyr Rahiq Birawi 23 who was killed on Oct. 19 at Hawara checkpoint.
Birawi was shot more than 30 times by four Israeli border police officers after she allegedly approached an officer with a knife. No Israelis were injured.
Since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada in October 2015 243 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers.
Rights groups have repeatedly condemned the Israeli “shoot-to-kill” policy against Palestinians who did not constitute a threat at the time of their death or who could have been subdued in a non-lethal manner.
