As Muslims across the world on Wednesday celebrate Eid al-Adha with the ritual slaughter ofanimals, charity, and joyous feasting, the weary residents of the Gaza Strip brace for more sacrifices.<\/p>\r\n
"The Islamic world celebrates Eid Al-Adha with joy andhappiness, with family visits and travel ... but we in Palestine celebrate the Eid with martyrs and blood," the premier of the Gaza-based Palestinian government Ismail Haniya told a crowd of thousands on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, 12 resistance members were martyred across Gaza in a wave ofZionists' air strikes, including a top commander of Islamic Jihad.
``We greet it (the feast) with tears in our eyes, and sadness in our hearts,'' Haniya said.
``The Palestinians greet the feast differently from the other Muslim nations _ with martyrs, with members of resistance dying, because of the crimes of the Zionist occupation, the assassinations that do not stop,'' Haniya said.
``We greet it with tears in our eyes, and sadness in our hearts.'' "We sacrifice, not only meat for our Eid, but ourselves, our lives, our hopes, our young men and our leaders, all for God," Haniya said afterleading prayers in a Gaza stadium.
In a normal year the streets of Gaza would be doused with blood as Muslims remember Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son Ishmael by slaughtering animals and sharing the meat with poor neighbours and loved ones. But again this year few people can afford the ritual.<\/p>\r\n
As Muslims across the world on Wednesday celebrate Eid al-Adha with the ritual slaughter ofanimals, charity, and joyous feasting, the weary residents of the Gaza Strip brace for more sacrifices.<\/p>\r\n
"The Islamic world celebrates Eid Al-Adha with joy andhappiness, with family visits and travel ... but we in Palestine celebrate the Eid with martyrs and blood," the premier of the Gaza-based Palestinian government Ismail Haniya told a crowd of thousands on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, 12 resistance members were martyred across Gaza in a wave of Zionists' air strikes, including a top commander of Islamic Jihad.
``We greet it (the feast) with tears in our eyes, and sadness in our hearts,'' Haniyeh said.
``The Palestinians greet the feast differently from the other Muslim nations _ with martyrs, with members of resistance dying, because of the crimes of the Zionist occupation, the assassinations that do not stop,'' Haniyeh said.
``We greet it with tears in our eyes, and sadness in our hearts.'' "We sacrifice, not only meat for our Eid, but ourselves, our lives, our hopes, our young men and our leaders, all for God," Haniya said afterleading prayers in a Gaza stadium.
In a normal year the streets of Gaza would be doused with blood as Muslims remember Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son Ishmael by slaughtering animals and sharing the meat with poor neighbours and loved ones. But again this year few people can afford the ritual.
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