Corpse of Missing Palestinian Man Discovered in Old Israeli Settlement

19 August 2007

Gaza – Ma'an – Palestinian medical sources reported on Sunday that they discovered the corpse of Palestinian man Kareem Abu Mhady, aged 44, in empty land in what used to be Netzarim settlement in central Gaza.

The sources said that the body was riddled with bullets.

Abu Mhady's family received an anonymous telephone call telling them that he was dead and his body was in Netzarim.

Abu Mhady went missing seven days ago from An Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. His family launched an appeal to find their missing relation.

The family said that Abu Mhady received a call from an Israeli mobile a week ago on Saturday night. He left his home in An Nuseirat refugee camp on Sunday at noon and called his family to say he was in Al Zahra' area, west of Gaza City.

He was not seen or heard from since then.

Abu Mhady's brothers searched for him and found his car with his mobile in Al Zahra', with no signs of attempts to steal the property.

In the beginning his brothers phoned his mobile phone and it was answered, but nothing was said. The phone then ran out of battery.