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Palestinian mourners carry the body of Mohammed Abu Khdair through the streets
Thousands of mourners have carried the body of a murdered Palestinian teenager through East Jerusalem amid tight security ahead of his funeral.
Mohammad Abu Khdair's family believe he was killed in a revenge attack for the kidnapping and killing of three young Israelis last month.
In a bid to ease tensions, Palestinian militant group Hamas is said to have agreed to a ceasefire with Israel.
The funeral is to take place near the family's home in the Shuafat district.
Israeli officials handed the body over on Friday after Muslim prayers. It was said to be badly burnt and the family had wanted to bury him on Thursday.
The body of Abu Khdair, 16, was shrouded in a Palestinian flag, borne aloft by mourners, after it was handed back to the family by Israeli officials after Friday prayers.
Israel has deployed tight security in East Jerusalem in anticipation of possible unrest at the funeral, which follows two days of clashes there between masked Palestinians and Israeli police.
Earlier on Friday it emerged that the Palestinian militant group Hamas has offered to halt its rocket attacks if Israel stops its air raids on the Gaza Strip.
A source with Hamas said Egyptian intelligence officials had brokered a potential ceasefire, after escalating clashes.
Israel says sporadic shelling from Gaza has continued. Several rockets and mortars landed without causing harm.
Israel-Gaza tensions- 2005: Israel pulls settlers and troops out of Gaza, which it had occupied since 1967. Palestinian Authority assumes administrative control. Israel still controls Gaza's airspace and seafront
- Gaza rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes continue
- Jan 2006: Hamas wins Palestinian elections, heads unity government; Israel imposes economic sanctions on Palestinian Authority
- June 2006: Hamas kidnaps Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in cross-border raid (Shalit is released in 2011 in exchange for hundreds of prisoners) - Israel launches first ground invasion of Gaza since its withdrawal
- Nov 2006: Gaza ceasefire declared
- Jun 2007: Hamas ousts rival Fatah from Gaza Strip; Israel intensifies restrictions on Gaza, in what becomes known as its blockade
- Feb-March 2008: Israeli three-day operation in Gaza to stop rocket fire
- Dec 2008-Jan 2009: Three-week conflict between Gaza militants and Israel
- Nov 2012: Eight-day Israeli offensive against Gaza to stop rocket fire; ends with ceasefire
- Sporadic rocket fire and air strikes continue, intensifying in June 2014.
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