Published : 31-05-2018
A number of activists in Yarmouk camp and local sources reported that members of the Syrian regime are preventing the families and medical staff from retrieving the bodies of the Palestinian civilian victims from the rubble of their homes. They noted that the medical staff in Yarmouk camp are not authorized to retrieve any bodies of civilians in the camp even if they are accessible, on the pretext of the absence of any family members or officials to adopt the victims to be recovered and buried, and the absence of hospitals accepting to receive the bodies.
Witnesses from the camp's residents who entered to inspect their houses, said that a strong and foul smell was emanating from the basement of UNRWA's Youth Support Center in Al-Madares Street, where there are bodies of a number of civilians. This is also the case at the extension of Street 30, near Palestine Hospital, where the body of an old man is clearly visible to the eyewitness.
For their part, activists called on the PLO to work at the political level to adopt the unidentified bodies, to protect their dignities and the dignity of the people who are supposed to represent them, according to them. They also called on the Palestinian factions loyal to the Syrian regime to use their relations to obtain approvals for the recovery and burial of the victims.
A number of activists in Yarmouk camp and local sources reported that members of the Syrian regime are preventing the families and medical staff from retrieving the bodies of the Palestinian civilian victims from the rubble of their homes. They noted that the medical staff in Yarmouk camp are not authorized to retrieve any bodies of civilians in the camp even if they are accessible, on the pretext of the absence of any family members or officials to adopt the victims to be recovered and buried, and the absence of hospitals accepting to receive the bodies.
Witnesses from the camp's residents who entered to inspect their houses, said that a strong and foul smell was emanating from the basement of UNRWA's Youth Support Center in Al-Madares Street, where there are bodies of a number of civilians. This is also the case at the extension of Street 30, near Palestine Hospital, where the body of an old man is clearly visible to the eyewitness.
For their part, activists called on the PLO to work at the political level to adopt the unidentified bodies, to protect their dignities and the dignity of the people who are supposed to represent them, according to them. They also called on the Palestinian factions loyal to the Syrian regime to use their relations to obtain approvals for the recovery and burial of the victims.
