Palestinians, Egypt act to transfer engineer's body to Gaza

The Palestinian Authority and Egypt's representatives in Malaysia have been trying to bring back to Gaza for burial the body of engineer Fadi Albatsh, who was assassinated there on Saturday.

Mahmoud Shakfa, the secretary–general of the International Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IESCO), told the local New Straits Times that Albatsh's family requested to bury him in Gaza, and said the process might take up to three days.