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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
No Defense Ministry representative at funeral of slain teen — family
The family of a teen shot and killed while working on the border fence with Egypt says that no representatives of the Defense Ministry attended his funeral today.
Nimer Bassem Abu Amar,15, was buried in Lakiya, a predominantly Bedouin village in southern Israel.
“Why did no one (from the Defense Ministry) come to pay their respects,” a family member tells Channel 2.
The ministry tells Channel 2 it will send a high-ranking representative to pay condolences at the family’s mourning tent.
The ministry said the minor had been brought to work at the site by family members, who were part of a team of civilian subcontractors hired by the Defense Ministry to perform maintenance work on the fence.
