(24 Sep 2024)
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Saksakieh, Lebanon – 24 September 2024
1. Wide of covered body being carried into mosque
2. Mid of covered body being carried into mosque
3. Various of prayer
4. Mid of Mohamad Hilal, father of one of the deceased, praying
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamad Halal, father of one of the deceased:
“I am the father of the child Joury. The innocent child, the martyr. I have Joury, a martyr for the South and for Palestine. I have Jawad, their souls are in his (God’s) hands for Palestine and the South. I have Noor al-Zahra, her soul is for Al Aqsa. I have Ali, his soul is a sacrifice for the Sayyed (Hassan Nasrallah). We will not fall, even if they kill us, dismember us, and destroy us, we are at your service Nasrallah.”
6. Various of bodies in coffins being carried in streets
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Kawasarani, funeral attendee:
"We have a total belief that we have to continue with the Palestinian cause and defend the south, our people and our families because we have been in harmony throughout our lives with our principles, with our dignity and with our beliefs. So praise be to God, we can only say that we want to complete the journey.”
8. Wide of covered bodies and coffins in a row on the ground, crowd of people surrounding them
9. Various of people crying, wailing, chanting around the coffins
10. Mid of man sprinkling flower petals over covered body
11. Mid of crowd chanting around coffins
12. Top of group of men sitting around one of the coffins, crowd chanting
13. Close of man saying prayers
STORYLINE:
Dozens of mourners in the Lebanese village of Saksakieh carried 11 bodies through the streets Tuesday, including those of four women, an infant and a 7-year-old girl.
All had been killed in Israel’s bombardment of the village – which lies some 40 km (25 miles) north of the Lebanon-Israel border – the day before.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israeli strikes since Monday have killed at least 558 people, including 50 children and 94 women, and wounded more than 1,800 people.
Some of the bodies were draped in Hezbollah flags, others wrapped in black clothes. A wreath of flowers had been placed on top of the smallest one.
Mohammad Halal, the father of 7-year-old Joury Halal, said his daughter was an "innocent child martyr."
"She is a martyr for the sake of the south and Palestine," Halal said, reaffirming his allegiance and those of his children to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Ahmed Kawasarani, one of the villagers who attended the funeral, said the deaths will not deter them from supporting the Palestinian cause.
"We have a total belief that we have to continue with the Palestinian cause and defend the south, our people and our families because we have been in harmony throughout our lives with our principles, with our dignity and with our beliefs," said Kawasarani.
Tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have steadily escalated over the last 11 months. Hezbollah has been firing rockets, missiles and drones into northern Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians and its ally Hamas, a fellow Iran-backed militant group, in Gaza.
Israel has responded with increasingly heavy airstrikes and the targeted killing of Hezbollah commanders while threatening a wider operation.
AP video shot my Emad Hadad.
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