Overview

• More than 60 Palestinian women began fasting on Thursday to press authorities to return the 31-year-old peace activist’s body for a proper Islamic burial.
• Israeli police are withholding Hathaleen’s body pending a nighttime funeral outside Umm al-Kheir limited to no more than 15 attendees.
• Two hunger strikers have required medical treatment as the protest enters its fifth day.
• Yinon Levi, the settler accused of shooting Hathaleen on July 28, was freed from house arrest and has returned to oversee bulldozing operations alongside Israeli army officers.
• Rights groups warn that withholding Palestinian bodies is a recurring tactic to curb resistance during rising settler violence and restrictive legal measures.