Israel receives body held by Palestinians in West Bank

Israel receives body held by Palestinians in West Bank

Body was held in attempt to exchange for Palestinian bodies held by Israel

By Qais Abu Samra

JENIN, Palestine (AA) - The Israeli army announced Thursday that it had received from Palestinian security the body of an Israeli that had been taken from a hospital in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank.

“After efforts by security forces, and in coordination with the Palestinian security services and the Palestinian Authority, the body of the Israeli Tiran Biro, who was killed in a traffic accident in Jenin, was handed over to his family,” the Israeli army said in a statement.

“We did not offer anything to the gunmen in exchange for young man’s body,” Israeli public radio Kan cited a senior security official as saying.

“We conveyed a clear message to the militants: Either they return the body or we get it back our way,” he added.

A Palestinian source in the Jenin refugee camp confirmed to Anadolu Agency that the body had been returned.

The source said: "After intervention by security services and officials, the body was handed over to Palestinian security, who transferred it to the Israeli side at 4 a.m. local time."

On Wednesday, the Israeli army announced that the body of an Israeli who had died in a traffic accident near Jenin, in the northern West Bank, had been "taken" from a Palestinian hospital.

At the time, the person responsible demanded the release of the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in exchange for the Israeli’s body.

* Ikram Imane Kouachi contributed to this report

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