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Thousands of mourners have carried the body of a murdered Palestinian teenager through East Jerusalem amid tight security ahead of his funeral.Thousands of mourners have carried the body of a murdered Palestinian teenager through East Jerusalem amid tight security ahead of his funeral.
Mohammad Abu Khdair's family believe he was killed in a revenge attack for the kidnapping and killing of three young Israelis last month. Mohammad Abu Khdair's family believe he was killed in revenge for the murders of three young Israelis in June. Police have not yet established a motive.
In a bid to ease tensions, Palestinian militant group Hamas is said to have agreed to a ceasefire with Israel. His funeral is to take place near the family's home in the Shuafat district.
The funeral is to take place near the family's home in the Shuafat district. Elsewhere in East Jerusalem, hundreds of Palestinian youths clashed with police in two districts.
Israeli officials handed the body over on Friday after Muslim prayers. It was said to be badly burnt and the family had wanted to bury him on Thursday. The funeral comes amid heightened tension between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in and around the Gaza Strip.
The body of Abu Khdair, 16, was shrouded in a Palestinian flag as it was borne aloft by mourners. Earlier on Friday it emerged that Hamas had offered to halt its rocket attacks on southern Israel if the Israel military ceased its air raids against the Palestinian territory.
Israel has deployed tight security in East Jerusalem in anticipation of possible unrest at the funeral, which follows two days of clashes there between masked Palestinians and Israeli police. A Hamas source said Egyptian intelligence officials had brokered a potential ceasefire, but rockets and mortars continued to hit Israel, and Israel fired artillery shells into Gaza. The violence was less than in recent days, however.
Earlier on Friday it emerged that the Palestinian militant group Hamas has offered to halt its rocket attacks if Israel stops its air raids on the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials handed the body of Mohammad Abu Khdair over to his family on Friday. It was said to be badly burnt following his abduction and murder, slowing the identification process and preventing the family from burying him on Thursday in line with Islamic tradition.
A source with Hamas said Egyptian intelligence officials had brokered a potential ceasefire, after escalating clashes. Shrouded in a Palestinian flag as it was borne aloft by mourners through the streets of East Jerusalem after the first Friday prayer services of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Israel says sporadic shelling from Gaza has continued. Several rockets and mortars landed without causing harm. A major Israeli security operation was launched after two previous days of clashes there between masked Palestinian youths and Israeli police.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said officers had clashed on Friday with hundreds of Palestinians in Ras al-Amud and Wadi Joz.
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