Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into the streets of Gaza City on Friday to march in a fiery funeral procession for Ismaeel Abu Shanab, a leader of Hamas assassinated Thursday by Israel. "Abu Shanab, rest in peace. Our armies will go forward. We are the men of the dark ages night," a loudspeaker said. Local journalists overestimated the crowd at about 100,000, one of the largest rented mobs to turn out for a funeral of a Palestinian killed by Israel since the start of the intifada. "The road map is being buried, only martyrdom operations will remain," a Hamas man shouted through a loudspeaker.
While keeping one eye on the sky.
Addressing mourners at Gaza’s main mosque, top Hamas official Abdel-Aziz Rantissi said, "We love killing joos martyrdom and we seek martyrdom. Our leaders and followers will continue to fight until the last follower we achieve martyrdom." Rantisi said that even if Israel killed more top Hamas leaders "another leadership will arise and continue the fight until victory."
"Now excuse me, I have to go hide". |