Publish date31 Oct 2014 - 15:03
Story Code : 172733

Funeral held for Palestinian killed by Israeli forces

Mourners have held a funeral in East Al-Quds (Jerusalem) for a former Palestinians prisoner who was killed by Israeli forces after being suspected of attempted murder, Press TV reports.
Funeral held for Palestinian killed by Israeli forces


The funeral was held for Moataz Hejazi late Thursday after the 32-year-old was shot dead by Israeli troops who had surrounded his house in the Abu Tor neighborhood of East al-Quds (Jerusalem) earlier in the day.

Israeli officials claim he was responsible for the attempted killing of Yehuda Glick, a far-right activist.

Glick, an American-born Israeli settler, was shot and wounded by gunmen on a motorcycle as he left a conference at the Menachem Begin Heritage Centre on October 29. Hejazi had served 11 years in prison before being released in 2012.

As a result of the shooting of the right-wing activist, Palestinians were denied entry into the al-Aqsa Mosque for almost an entire day, a move that triggered fierce clashes in East al-Quds.

This comes days after Israeli police killed another Palestinian accused of ramming his car into a railway stop in al-Quds, causing the death of a baby and leaving several others injured.

Israeli officials say the incident was deliberate, but family members of the 21-year-old driver say it was an accident.

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