Thousands of Palestinians laid to rest on Saturday afternoon the al-Qassam commander Mazen Fuqaha who was assassinated Friday evening.
Dozens of al-Qassam’s freedom fighters along with leaders of Hamas Movement as well as national figures attended the massive funeral cortege which headed to al-Umari Grand Mosque where the final prayer was performed led by Deputy Head of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haneyya.
The Hamas senior leader Haneyya hailed the martyr and underlined that Hamas will continue along his way until the liberation of Palestine.
Islamic Jihad leader Mohammad al-Hindi who attended the funeral ceremony stressed the right of resistance to respond to Israeli crimes. He expressed his condolences to the martyr’s family and hailed the steadfastness of the West Bank people.
The ex-detainee Iyad Abu Fannouneh praised the martyr and held Israel responsible in full for the assassination crime.
In the West Bank Palestinian crowds led by the father of martyr Fuqaha and his relatives performed funeral prayer to the spirit of the martyr in Tubas city and took to the streets in a symbolic funeral that headed to his home in the city.
