In Gaza Strip on Friday, thousands of Palestinians gathered to honor and remember their martyrs who lost their lives during the recent campaign of terrorism waged by the Israeli regime against the coastal territory.
‘Israel’ launched a deadly bombing campaign on May 9th that resulted in the deaths of over 30 Palestinians. In response, the Islamic Jihad, a resistance group based in Gaza, fired over 1,000 rockets toward the occupied territories.
This conflict marked the worst fighting between Gaza’s resistance factions and the Israeli regime since the 10-day war in 2021. After five days of fighting, the two sides agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that went into effect on Saturday night.
During the commemoration event, Khaled al-Batsh, the Islamic Jihad leader, paid tribute to the group’s commanders who lost their lives in the Israeli onslaught. “Today, the Islamic Jihad holds this ceremony to commemorate its martyrs and the leaders, Khalil Al-Bahtini, Jihad Ghannam, Tareq Ezzedine, Khadder Adnan, Ali Ghali, Ahmed Abu Dakka, Eyad Al Hasani, and for all the martyrs of our people,” he said.
Al-Batsh also used the opportunity to reiterate the Palestinian people’s determination to continue their resistance against the occupying entity. “We want to tell the whole world that, though the F-16 airstrikes and the American 139 rockets were fired toward us, this nation is still alive and will continue the resistance.
The Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom and self-determination continues, and they vow to never give up until they achieve their rightful place in the world and the respect they are entitled to.
Source: Agencies
