Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei condemned Monday 22 March the assassination of Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin by the Zionist regime.
In a message, Ayatollah Khamenei said, "I was informed that the sinful hands of the Zionist occupying regime committed a heinous crime and assassinated Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin."
"Undoubtedly, martyrdom was the wish of this pious man but this cannot decrease the magnitude of the sin the Zionist criminal occupiers committed", the Supreme Leader said.
"The blood of Ahmed Yassin will nourish the Islamic resistance and will further flame Palestinians' anger. His oppression will hoist the flag of the Palestinians' oppression", the Leader said.
The message added "Yassin's weak and disabled body was the only thing they got. But they cannot deprive Palestinians from his thoughts and his way." "The spirit of Sheikh Yassin is alive and his thoughts, which is now further highlighted, will be the inspiration for Palestinian youth, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed.
"The occupying criminals should know that their stupid showdown is the greatest witness to their failure and weakness. The Zionist regime is doomed to annihilation. "Palestine belongs to Palestinians and any stubbornness against this inalienable right is doomed to failure," Ayatollah Khamenei concluded.
More than 300,000 tearful Palestinians in Gaza Strip took part in Beirut Monday 22 March in the funeral ceremony for Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and the other martyrs who were killed with him.
In the funeral procession, the Palestinian mourners carried Hamas flags and placards condemning the Zionist crime, pouring out their grief and anger. The members of the military wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam brigade fired in the air in honour of Sheikh Yassin's resistance.
Meanwhile, the Zionist warplanes flew over Gaza city, trying to keep people in worry and fear.
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