(7 Feb 2025)
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Bureij Refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip – 7 February 2025
1. Various of Qassam militants gathering in preparation for the funeral of Marwan Issa, the deputy leader of Hamas’ armed wing, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in March last year
2. Various of militants carrying coffin containing the body of Issa, raising their guns and marching through Bureij refugee camp streets UPSOUND: fybduew
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) no name given, Marwan Issa’s sister:
"Our sons are martyrs, our husbands are martyrs, my brother has become a martyr, the lion of Palestine. We only say what pleases God. We belong to God and to Him we shall return. He (Issa) was an icon, and he formed the Palestinian army."
4. Various of militants carrying coffin into house
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) no name given, Marwan Issa’s daughter:
"Thank God he was granted martyrdom which he hoped for all his life, which he dedicated entirely to Jihad. 59 years and he dedicated his life for Jihad. He’s been going to mosques since he was 14 years old and the son of Hamas. Thank God. If the Israelis think we’ve been defeated after my father and every leader have been killed, on the contrary, our determination only grows stronger."
6. Women shouting
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) no name given, Marwan Issa’s wife:
"Praise be to God who blessed me by making this man my husband. I will be proud of him forever. I thank God every minute that I carry that man’s name. In a message to the enemies, (we say) that all his children and his army, al-Qassam, which he founded will stay on his path, the path of Abu Baraa, on the path of (Hamas spiritual leader) Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. We’re all Hamas."
8. Various of militants sitting next to coffin of Issa
9. Various of militants and people praying for Issa
10. Various of militants carrying coffin contain body of Issa and marching
STORYLINE:
The Qassam Brigades in the Gaza Strip held a funeral Friday for the deputy leader of Hamas’ armed wing Marwan Issa, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in March last year.
Associated Footage footage showed large crowds of Palestinians and armed al-Qassam fighters gathered in the Bureij Refugee Camp, some carrying Issa’s green casket that was draped in the Palestinian flag.
Inside a building where his family members gathered, emotions ran high as Issa’s wife, daughter, and sister praised him as fighter and leader.
"If the Israelis think we’ve been defeated after my father and every leader have been killed, on the contrary, our determination only grows stronger," said Issa’s daughter, who did not want to be identified by her name.
At the scene, fighters set their rifles aside and stood in a row to perform Friday and funeral prayers.
Meanwhile, his wife, overcome with grief, told the AP that Issa’s death, along with other Hamas leaders, would not weaken the group, and that "all his children and his army, al-Qassam, which he founded will stay on his path."
She too did not want to be identified by her name.
Issa, born in 1965, was the deputy to Mohammed Deif, the shadowy longtime leader of Hamas’ military wing, who was also killed by Israel last year.
Production: Wafaa Shurafa
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