(Jerusalem Post-Ha'aretz) Yonah Jeremy Bob - Israel will hold onto the body of Nasser Abu Hamid, 51, one of the founders of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, who died of cancer on Tuesday while serving seven life sentences, Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Wednesday. Abu Hamid was convicted based on his admitting responsibility for attacks in which seven Israelis were murdered and on 12 charges of attempted murder. He had previously been found guilty of murdering five Palestinians who collaborated with Israel in 1990. He also participated in the infamous Ramallah lynch of two Israeli reservists in 2000. Gantz is hoping to achieve a deal with the Palestinians to return the bodies of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Sgt. Oron Shaul who were killed in 2014, as well as two captured Israeli civilians, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed. Gantz said the decision was made on the recommendation of security officials and "in accordance with the cabinet's decision on the matter of holding bodies for the purpose of repatriating Israeli captives and the missing."
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