The family of the Palestinian boy abducted and murdered in Jerusalem this week say his funeral will take place after Friday prayers once a post-mortem has been carried out.<br /><br />Reports say Mohammed Abu Khdeir’s family believe the Israeli authorities want to delay it until late in the day to minimise trouble following recent escalating violence. <br /><br />“I hope no mother will have to face what I’m going through now. I want people and the leaders to make a stand, to put an end to these kinds of acts so no other woman suffers like this,” the dead teenager’s mother Suha Abu Khdeir told euronews.<br /><br />Relatives and neighbours believe extremist Jews killed Mohammed. The burned body was found in a forest a few hours after he went missing.<br /><br />The Israeli government says it is exploring all lines of inquiry and the motive remains unclear.<br /><br />Police said on Thursday that they were still trying formally to identify the body. <br /><br />“We’re still awaiting his body. They told us, they told to this father, actually, the police department, that he will be here tomorrow afternoon,” said one young woman, a cousin of Mohammed.<br /><br />“Even if we have to wait another year for the body, in the end they’ll be the losers,” another cousin said.<br /><br />Police are said to have told Mohammed’s family that his murder is being treated as the most important investigation currently underway in Israel.<br /><br />The boy’s death, which followed those of three young Israelis, has added a new spark to hostilities.<br /><br />The outgoing Israeli President ُShimon Peres called for inciting hatred to stop after a wave of anti-Arab rhetoric on Israeli social media.
