Palestine: Al-Quds Intifada – 275 martyrs

Al-Quds Center reported that the number of martyrs of Al-Quds Intifada, which began on October 1st, 2015, reached 275 with the cold-blooded murder of 17-year-old Qusay Hassan Al-Omour, who was shot by occupation soldiers with live ammunition in Tequa town, south Bethlehem, yesterday.

Qusay is the fourth martyr so far in 2017.

Of all the martyrs, 78 are from Al-Khalil, 61 from Al-Quds (Jerusalem), 26 from Ramallah, 21 from Jenin, 20 from Nablus, 16 from Bethlehem, 5 from Tulkarem, 4 from Salfit, 4 from Qalqilia, 2 from the occupied territories since 1948, another two with Sudanese and Jordanian citizenship, and 35 from Gaza Strip.

79 of the martyrs are children, 24 are women, including 12 minors.

Israeli occupation authorities are still withholding 8 martyr bodies from the Al-Quds intifada, including Fadi Al-Qunber, who was killed a week ago.

Source : http://www.dflp-palestine.net/english/news-reports/alquds-intifada-275-martyrs-jan-2017.html

C. Kistler

Also editor of Nouvelle Turquie.