Hundreds of Palestinians marched in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in the funeral of Hamas leader and former Minister of Social Affairs Ahmed Al-Kurd 71 who died after a massive stroke.
The marchers attended the funeral prayers outside a mosque in Deir al-Balah central Gaza Strip before al-Kurd was buried in a nearby cemetery.
Representatives of Hamas movement and other national and Islamic groups attended the funeral and some of them delivered speeches praising the deceased leader.
Al-Kurd was one of the most prominent leaders of Hamas movement who had served as a member of its political bureau and a minister of social affairs for the tenth government led by Ismail Haneyya.
Al-Kurd who was the president of the Hamas-affiliated Salah Charitable Society and led a coalition of charitable foundations in the Gaza Strio had also served as a mayor of Deir al-Balah where he lived.
A father of 11 al-Kurd was born one year after his family fled to the Gaza Strip following their displacement from their village in the 1948 Nakba.
