Funeral participants express hope to become “Martyrs”

Headline: “With a broken heart she bids him farewell as a Martyr”

“While transferring the body of Muhammad [Haitham Tamimi] (i.e., accidentally shot by Israeli soldiers returning fire to Palestinian terrorists) on the shoulders of thousands of participants in the funeral procession in Ramallah, … 8-year-old Osamalowered his right palm towards the body of Muhammad, his only brother, and touched his innocent face… Osama marched at the head of the procession that went around the streets of Ramallah, and together with the participants in the funeral called out: ‘Mother of the Martyr, you are lucky, if only my mother were in your place.’”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 7, 2023]