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Funeral held for Palestinian man six months after he suffered a heart attack in an Israeli prison

The body of a Palestinian man was finally returned to his family nearly six months after he died in an Israeli prison.

Daoud al-Khatib suffered a fatal heart attack September last year, and his death has reignited calls for Israeli authorities to be held accountable for the medical neglect of Palestinian prisoners.
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