Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Crime & JusticePolice released the body of 28-year-old Sami Ahmed Ja'asous just hours before they were due to respond to a High Court petition challenging its continued detention. Relatives accused authorities of trying to conceal evidence by forcing a nighttime burialShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeYair Foldes05:50 PM • August 05 2026 IDTHundreds of people gathered overnight in the central Israeli city of Lod for the funeral of Sami Ahmed Ja'asous, a 28-year-old resident of the mixed Arab-Jewish city who was shot dead by police early last month, after authorities released his body which they held for nearly five weeks.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Arab IsraelisIsrael crimeIsrael policeCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMichigan PrimaryCori BushGazaHezbollahNetanyahuDavid BarneaElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastEl-Sayed's Small Victory Spells Big Trouble for IsraelAfter Weeks-long Delay, Hundreds Attend Funeral of Lod Man Shot Dead by PoliceAIPAC Must Return to Its Roots: Education, Not Political IntimidationAfter Five Weeks in State Custody, Body of Arab Citizen Shot by Police ReleasedA Palestinian Doctor's Crime Is Refusing to Abandon His PatientsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of JoyEisenkot Keeps Running Away From What Everyone Knows He Believes