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Palestinian killed in Qalandiya clash laid to rest
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Palestinian man killed Monday in clashes with Israeli forces who had entered Qalandiya, a refugee camp near Jerusalem, to extricate two soldiers who were stranded there is laid to rest.
Iyad Omar Sajadiyya, 22, is buried in Qalandiya, with mourners on hand calling for revenge over “the Israeli occupation’s crimes against the Palestinian people,” the Palestinian Ma’an news agency reports.
“My only son Iyad died a martyr in sacrifice for Palestine,” Sajadiyya’s father, Omar, is quoted as saying. “He wasn’t the first martyr, nor will he be the last.”
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