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Assiya HAMZA

‘Freedom is paid for in blood’: In the occupied West Bank, families long to bury their dead

A boy holds a Palestinian flag at the funeral of four brothers killed by Israeli forces in Jenin on January 7, 2024. © Assiya Hamza, FRANCE 24

An Israeli strike killed six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, four of whom were brothers. The attack took place in the city of Jenin and left a total of seven dead, including an Israeli police officer. As the family of the brothers buried their “martyrs”, others are still waiting for the remains of relatives held by the Israeli army to be returned. 

She doesn’t cry. She doesn’t speak. Ibtesam Darwish simply looks stunned. “I wasn’t just their mother, I was their friend,” she says. “We were so close.”

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