THOUSANDS BID LAST FAREWELL TO SLAIN PALESTIANS IN GAZA, RAMALLAH

Gaza, 16 Rabi’ul Awwal 1437/27 December 2015 (MINA) – Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funerals on Saturday of two civilians killed by Israeli bullet fire on Friday.

A funeral was held in Gaza for 22-year-old Hani Rafiq Wahden, shot dead by the occupation army while participating in a demonstration in Gaza’s eastern borders, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Palestinians in Ramallah also joined the funeral of 38-year-old Mahdiya Hammad, fatally shot by the Israeli occupation soldiers on Friday (25/12).

Hammad, a mother of four kids, was killed on allegations of ramming her car into Israeli soldiers in Ramallah’s eastern town of Silwad, in the central occupied West Bank.

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The marchers raised Palestinian flags and chanted slogans calling for prosecuting Israeli criminals for cold-bloodedly killing Palestinian protesters.(T/P008/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)