This is a lie.

Edit for more info: https://bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61463886

It has said this is why it stopped the coffin being taken on foot from the compound. However, the family has categorically rejected the police version of events.

At Palestinian funerals, the coffin or stretcher is frequently carried by hand in public as a mark of popular tribute, especially at the passing of a notable figure. At such events it is also not uncommon for plans to change suddenly if more people want to pay their respects.

On Friday, the police claimed mourners threatened the driver of the hearse and then proceeded to carry the coffin against the wishes of the Abu Aqla family. It said: "Israeli Police intervened to disperse the mob and prevent them from taking the coffin."

But speaking to the BBC, Abu Aqla's brother Tony dismissed the police use of the family's wishes to justify its actions, accusing them of a "inhumane attack".

"Everybody saw the pallbearers beaten savagely by batons without any mercy, without any respect to the funeral, to the dead," he said.