Occupied Jerusalem: Palestinian Authority Minister Qadri Abu Bakr has died along with a former Palestinian prisoner and his wife in a car accident in the northern occupied West Bank.
According to international media reports, Qadri Abubakar, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Commission for Current and Former Prisoners, was returning from a ceremony for the children of Palestinian prisoners near the town of Jamin on Route 505 when the accident occurred.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas mourned Abu Bakr’s death, saying he was a strong freedom fighter who spent his life defending Palestine, its cause and its people.
He also said that Abu Bakr has been leading the struggle for the Palestinians since the early days of the national movement and defending the goals of his homeland and his people in all its fields and in the international arena.
On the other hand, a former Palestinian prisoner, Basim Sawan, and his wife are among the other dead in the car accident. Hamas said in its condolence statement that it will remember the struggle of Abu Bakr and Sawan, the prisoners and their support for them.
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