Palestinians have been holding phony funerals in the Jenin refugee camp, apparently to make the death toll there appear worse than it is. An Israeli Defense Force drone filmed one such Palestinian funeral procession on April 28, during which stretcher-bearers dropped the purported corpse. The “dead” man hopped back onto the stretcher, but the next time he was dropped, he walked away in a huff.
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