THOUSANDS gathered on Wednesday for the joint funeral of Hamas military leader Mohammed Odeh and his family, who were slaughtered by an Israeli air attack on Tuesday.At least five people including Mr Odeh, his wife and two children, were killed and 12 were injured in Tuesday’s strike on a market in Gaza City, local hospitals said.The attack came on the eve of Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday.Mourners covered the bodies with green Hamas flags and marched from a mosque through the city, chanting and firing shots in the air.

THOUSANDS gathered on Wednesday for the joint funeral of Hamas military leader Mohammed Odeh and his family, who were slaughtered by an Israeli air attack on Tuesday.

At least five people including Mr Odeh, his wife and two children, were killed and 12 were injured in Tuesday’s strike on a market in Gaza City, local hospitals said.

The attack came on the eve of Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday.

Mourners covered the bodies with green Hamas flags and marched from a mosque through the city, chanting and firing shots in the air.

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