Hamas martyr Siyam buried in Gaza
Sat, 17 Jan 2009
Thousands of people have attended the funeral of the interior minister in the Hamas-led government, Saeed Siyam, who was killed in an Israeli raid.
Palestinians carried the body of Siyam during his funeral in Gaza City on Friday, chanting resistance songs.
An Israeli air strike in Beit Lahiyah on Thursday hit the house of Siyam's brother, killing Siyam, his brother, Ayad, and his son, as well as 20 others.
Siyam, 50, is the most senior Hamas figure killed in Operation Cast Lead so far. He was also considered the most senior Hamas figure killed by Israel since the assassination of Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi in 2004.
Earlier, Hamas pledged to wreak awful revenge on Israel for killing the movement's interior minister, saying, "His blood will not have been shed in vain. We will respond with actions and not words."
Since Israel started Operation Cast Lead on December 27, to put an end to rocket attacks on its southern cities, at least 1,170 Palestinians have been killed, with some 5,150 others wounded.
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