Ceremony for Palestinian bodies returned by Israel

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Prayer during ceremony for the return of the bodies of 79 Palestinian which had been held in an Israeli cemetery. The release of Palestinian remains, some held for decades in unnamed graves.

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Mahmoud Abbas lays a wreath during ceremony for the return of the bodies of 79 Palestinian which had been held in an Israeli cemetery. The release of Palestinian remains, some held for decades in unnamed graves.

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Palestinians waiting in front of the Muqatah to welcome the return of the bodies of 79 Palestinians which had been held in an Israeli cemetery. The release of Palestinian remains, some held for decades in unnamed graves.

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Military ceremony to welcome the return of the bodies of 79 Palestinian bodies which had been held in an Israeli cemetery. The release of Palestinian remains, some held for decades in unnamed graves.

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Palestinian woman crying while waiting the return of the bodies of 79 Palestinians which had been held in an Israeli cemetery. The release of Palestinian remains, some held for decades in unnamed graves.

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Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Thursday gathered to welcome the return of the bodies of 91 Palestinians which had been held in an Israeli cemetery. The release of Palestinian remains, some held for decades in unnamed graves in the Is.

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Military ceremony to welcome the return of the bodies of 79 Palestinian bodies which had been held in an Israeli cemetery. The release of Palestinian remains, some held for decades in unnamed graves.

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The boxed remains of 79 militants were transferred to coffins draped in the Palestinian flag for a solemn ceremony at Al Muqatah, the official compound in Ramallah.

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The boxed remains of 79 militants were transferred to coffins draped in the Palestinian flag for a solemn ceremony at Al Muqatah, the official compound in Ramallah.

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Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Thursday gathered to welcome the return of the bodies of 91 Palestinians which had been held in an Israeli cemetery.

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Palestinian woman holding the portrait of a beloved whom body was returned by Israel.

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The boxed remains of 79 militants were transferred to coffins draped in the Palestinian flag for a solemn ceremony at Al Muqatah, the official compound in Ramallah.

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Palestinians carry the coffin of a beloved whom body was returned by Israel.

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Palestinian woman fainted from emotion during the ceremony to welcome the return of the bodies of 79 Palestinian bodies.

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Palestinians carry the coffin of a beloved whom body was returned by Israel.

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Palestinians gather at Al Muqatah to welcome the return of the bodies of 79 Palestinians which had been held in an Israeli cemetery. The president laid wreaths on 79 coffins, draped in Palestinian flags.

The release of Palestinian remains, some held for decades in unnamed graves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was slated by Israeli officials as a goodwill "gesture" to President Mahmoud Abbas.

The president, Mahmoud Abbas, laid wreaths on 79 coffins, draped in Palestinian flags, at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah at a military ceremony on Thursday afternoon.

General Mufti Muhammad Hassan prayed over the bodies, before relatives took their remains for burial. Seventeen bodies will be buried in a mass grave in Ramallah because their families could not be identified, the minister of detainee affairs Issa Qaraqe said earlier.