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which was the body of an Israeli Druze youth Captured by Palestinian gunmen in Jenin His family has been transferred, the Israeli army said on Thursday, with nothing given in return.
An IDF spokesman said during a briefing, “We did not negotiate in any way with the gunmen who had the bodies.” “We did not give anything in return. I think at some point they understood that the consequences of this happening would be dire for the Jenin economy.
Gunmen stormed a Jenin hospital and seized the body of Tiran Ferro, who was in a car crash in the West Bank, officials from both sides of the conflict said on Wednesday. were demanding the return of the bodies of the gunmen Palestinians He was killed by Israeli soldiers.
Israel closed roads in and out of Jenin on Wednesday, and reopened them on Thursday after the body was retrieved.
Jenin’s governor, Major General Akram Rajoub, told CNN that Palestinian Authority security officials had held talks with the gunmen who had the body.
“The PA General Intelligence Service had contact with one of the kidnappers, which facilitated the return of the body to the General Intelligence Service headquarters in Jenin,” Rajoub said.
There is controversy as to whether Ferro was alive or dead when gunmen entered his hospital room in Jenin and took away his body.
Ferro’s father told Israeli media on Wednesday that the teenager was alive and had been taken off life support. But Jenin’s governor, Akram Rajoub, told CNN that Ferro was already dead when his body was taken away.
Ferro’s father said: “When we were in the hospital, we were standing in front of the intensive care unit. My son was connected to a ventilator and his pulse was increasing. I was with my brother and son when suddenly a gang of 20 masked men burst into the room shouting. We stood and we could do nothing.
Ferro’s father told reporters on camera, “They abducted the body in front of my eyes.”
But Jenin’s governor, Rajoub, told CNN that Ferro was already dead when his body was taken away.
The Jenin Brigade, a Palestinian militant group based in the West Bank refugee camp, said in a statement obtained by CNN on Wednesday that it was holding Ferro’s body and demanded the handover of all bodies of Palestinians killed by the IDF in occupied Israel. . The group also said that it had raised a state of alert among its members in anticipation of an Israeli military attack on the Jenin camp.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid vowed on Wednesday that “the kidnappers would pay a heavy price” if Tiran’s Pharoah’s body was not returned: “Israel has proved in recent months that there is no place and no terrorists Not that he doesn’t know how to reach.”
Lapid said Ferro was going to celebrate his 18th birthday on Thursday. He was a member of the Druze minority, community leaders told CNN.