Thousands of Jordanians mourn martyr Maher Al-Jazi

AMMAN, Sept. 18 (YPA)-  Thousands of Jordanians bid farewell to martyr Maher Al-Jazi, who carried out the shooting operation at the Al-Karameh crossing that led to the killing of three Israeli soldiers on September 8.

Jordanian media reported that the mourners carried the martyr’s body on their shoulders wrapped in the Jordanian flag and performed the funeral prayer in Al-Husseiniya Mosque before burying him in his hometown in Ma’an Governorate.

The mourners chanted slogans praising the martyr and supporting the Palestinian resistance.

On Tuesday morning , the martyr’s family received his body from the Jordanian authorities, after Israeli occupation authorities detained the body for eight days following the incident

Over the past week, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan witnessed demonstrations and protests demanding the return of his body.

Last Sunday, Maher Al-Jazi carried out a shooting operation that killed three Israeli soldiers at the Al-Karama border crossing with Jordan, east of the West Bank.

@E.Y.M