2024-01-04 15:33:25
With the participation of hundreds of people and with the sound of shouts of “Allahu Akbar” and heavy gunfire, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Thursday mourned the body of Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head of its political office, and two of his companions, the commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Azzam al-Aqra’ and Muhammad al-Rayes. They were all killed in an Israeli strike that targeted an office. For movement in the southern suburb of Beirut.
Published on: 01/04/2024 – 16:33
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She was buried Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Al-Khamis, Deputy Head of its Political Bureau Saleh Al-Arouri In the Lebanese capital, two days after he was killed with six others in a bombing, she was accused Israel Launching it on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
To the sound of shouts of “Allahu Akbar” and heavy gunfire, hundreds participated in the funeral ceremony for Al-Arouri and two of his companions, the commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Azzam al-Aqra’ and Muhammad al-Rayes, from the New Tariq neighborhood in Beirut, where the memorial ceremony was held.
Mourners carried the coffins wrapped in the Palestinian flag and the Hamas flag on their hands and walked with them to the martyrs’ cemetery in the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp.
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On Tuesday, the Lebanese authorities and the Hamas movement accused Israel of killing Al-Arouri and six of his companions in a bombing that targeted a Hamas office in the southern suburb of Beirut, a stronghold. Hizb allah.
The Israeli army did not confirm the strike, but said it was “preparing for all scenarios.” But an American official confirmed on Wednesday that the strike was “Israeli.”
“We are rightful and we are not afraid.”
Palestinian refugee Omar Ghanoum (35 years old) told Agence France-Presse on the sidelines of his participation in the funeral: “The experiment of assassinating Saleh Al-Arouri or any other Palestinian is a failed experiment because the resistance will produce people capable of leading liberation movements.”
He added: “I participate in the funeral to express my rejection of the violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty by the Israeli occupation army and to express my rejection of genocide in the Gaza Strip.”
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The mourners chanted anti-Israel slogans, including slogans calling for the bombing of Tel Aviv. They carried the flags of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, in addition to Palestinian flags. Agence France-Presse correspondents reported heavy gunfire during the funeral.
Amina Musa (40 years old) said: “The Zionist entity uses assassinations, and what they do stems from their fear of Al-Arouri and the resistance.” “They can only assassinate them,” she added.
Hadi Hamada (30 years old) saw the assassination of Al-Arouri as “a kind of treachery because they (the Israelis) cannot confront, and they have been using these methods for a long time.”
He stressed that his killing would not deter the Palestinian factions from continuing their struggle. He said: “We are people of rights and we are not afraid. It is the Israeli state that is afraid.”
He continued: “There must be a response to the assassination of Al-Arouri.”
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