adminGaza City. — Israel is transferring the bodies of Palestinians killed in fighting to their families, the military said on Sunday, hours after it carried out an air-strike targeting a Palestinian militant who it says fired rockets at Israel last week.
The Israeli military said it had started the “return of bodies of terrorists to their respective families in the Palestinian Authority”. It did not elaborate.
Israeli media reported that 36 bodies of Palestinians killed in attacks on Israelis or in clashes with the military would be handed over.
Relatives of a man killed in fighting over a decade ago said they would be receiving his remains overnight on Sunday. Earlier, the military said it carried out an air strike targeting a Palestinian militant in Gaza.
The military said the man targeted is a militant who fired five rockets at Israel last week. — AFP.
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