The Hamas Movement on Tuesday honored the family of its founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin on the 13th anniversary of his martyrdom during a sit-in staged outside his home in as-Sabra neighborhood south of Gaza City.
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Abu Daf hailed the struggle of Sheikh Yassin against the occupation and the sacrifices and services he made for his own people and the national cause.
“Sheikh Ahmed Yassin struggled to remove the Zionist occupation and taught the [Palestinian] generations how to direct others to the path of Allah and reform the reality of their people” Abu Daf said.
“Sheikh Yassin won the hearts of all people around him with love and he showed us how to have fervent resolve to change the people’s reality and remove the injustice being done to them” he added.
Senior Hamas officials and residents from the neighborhood participated in the sit-in where relatives of Sheikh Yassin received an honorary shield as a mark of tribute to the Sheikh and his family.
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed on his wheelchair on March 22 2004 along with some citizens and companions in an Israeli dawn airstrike outside a Mosque in Gaza City.
