(31 Jul 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ramallah, West Bank – 31 July 2024
1. Protesters holding Hamas and Palestinian flags while chanting, UPSOUND (Arabic): "Long live the brigades (of) Izz ad-Din," referring to Izz ad-Din al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing and chanting, UPSOUND (Arabic) "The people want al Qassem Brigades."
2. Various of protesters waving flags and chanting
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Khaldoun Bargouthi, local Palestinian journalist:
"What we see is a response to the assassination of the leader of Hamas. It (the response) is not only in Ramallah, but all (of the) West Bank. In the current war these things are expected, and this is the normal reaction of the Palestinian people to what is – what has happened in Iran last night."
4. Protesters chanting, UPSOUND (Arabic): "Go sword to sword (meaning go to battle). We are the men of Mohammed al-Deif (the shadowy leader of the Hamas group ‘s military wing)"
5. Various of protesters chanting
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fairuz, Ramallah resident (last name not given):
"The idea of today’s protest is to reject the assassination of (Hamas leader) Ismail Haniyeh, which was preceded by a strike on Beirut’s southern
suburb with the aim of assassinating Hezbollah leaders. Israel has decided to assassinate all leaders, whether Hamas leaders or leaders of the (resistance) axis in general inside or outside Palestine as part of the attempts within their failed policies after more than 9 months since the war of Al Aqsa Flood (Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks), in which the resistance proved its bravery despite the martyrdom of people in the Gaza Strip."
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Hebron, West Bank – 31 July 2024
7. Protestors in the West Bank city of Hebron, chanting, UPSOUND (Arabic): "Let everyone hear: Hebron is with Hamas"
8. Various of protesters
9. Poster showing image of Haniyeh, with text on reading (Arabic): "the martyr Ismail Haniyeh, your blood is not more precious than the blood of your people"
10. Army jeep with troops exiting it walking up road, tires burning and Palestinian protesters seen in background, UPSOUND of gunfire
11. Various of troops on the streets
12. Tires burning, smoke rising
13. Various of soldiers
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators have marched through Ramallah in the occupied West Bank in protest against the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
They carried dozens of green Hamas flags and chanted, "the people want al-Qassem Brigade," a reference to the militant group’s military wing.
Others chanted, "we are the men of Muhammad al-Deif," Hamas’ shadowy military leader targeted in an Israeli strike in Gaza earlier this month.
"The idea of today’s protest is to reject the assassination of (Hamas leader) Ismail Haniyeh," said Fairuz, a Ramallah resident who only went by that name.
Open support in Ramallah for Hamas is rare.
Ramallah is the administrative capital of the West Bank and is governed by the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority, long at odds with Hamas over the governance of the two Palestinian territories.
Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran after attending the inauguration of the country’s new president, Iran and the militant group said early Wednesday.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the assassination but suspicion quickly fell on Israel, which has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other leaders of Hamas over the group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.
In Hebron, hundreds of protestors held Haniyeh’s photo and chanted in support of Hamas.
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