Palestinians mourn bodies of martyrs of Zionist siege on Gaza Strip

GAZA, Dec. 19 (YPA) – Thousands of Palestinians mourned Sunday evening the bodies of the martyrs of the Zionist siege on the Gaza Strip, as a result of their drowning while searching for a living on board a migrants boat off the Tunisian coast.

The eight bodies arrived Sunday afternoon through the Rafah land crossing, and were transported in ambulances of the Palestinian Ministry of Health from inside the crossing to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis for forensic examination.

The funeral processions of four of the martyrs took place from the Badr Mosque in the center of Rafah, and three others from the Ahl al-Sunna Mosque in the center of Khan Yunis, while the eighth body from the center of the Gaza Strip.

A state of sadness pervaded the homes of the families of the martyrs, who held the Zionist enemy fully responsible for the martyrdom of their sons who were forced to emigrate as a result of the Zionist siege.

YPA