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How the dead serve as bargaining chips in the Israel-Hamas conflict

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Issam Aruri, a Palestinian who runs the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, works on cases where Israel is holding the bodies of Palestinians who died while attacking Israel. Both Israel and Hamas hold the bodies of the dead from the other side to use as leverage in negotiations. (Ayman Oghanna for NPR)
Issam Aruri, a Palestinian who runs the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, works on cases where Israel is holding the bodies of Palestinians who died while attacking Israel. Both Israel and Hamas hold the bodies of the dead from the other side to use as leverage in negotiations. (Ayman Oghanna for NPR)

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