After Israel agreed to hand over the bodies of dead Palestinian suicide bombers and other militants as part of what the Israeli Government described as ' a humanitarian gesture ' to PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas to help the peace process , the Palestinian Authority planned a national rally to honour them and to provide full military funerals . The bodies included the suicide bombers that perpetrated the bus bombing in Jerusalem ’s Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood which killed twenty-three people , many of them children , and the attacker in the Cafe Hillel bombing . Israel will also return the remains of the bombers that committed the bombings on two buses in Beersheba in 2004 killing 16 people , the Stage night club bombing , the attack on the open-air Hadera market as well as the attackers of the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv who killed eight hostages . The Palestinian Authority and Hamas both planned official ceremonies and PA president Abbas attended a ceremony at his Muqataa compound . Prisoners Affairs Minister Qaraqi called on Palestinians for a day of celebration . The rally in honor of the dead will be attended by PA President Mahmoud Abbas , PLO leaders , and families of the dead militants . The dead are considered martyrs by Palestinians , but viewed as terrorists by Israelis
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