Funeral for a Palestinian militants killed when Israeli naval forces attacked a flotilla in Gaza
Palestinian Fatah members carry the body of Palestinian militant Ibrahim Al-Wahidi, 25, during his funeral in Gaza City, June 7, 2010. Al-Wahidi was killed with three other comrades off the Gaza coast when Israeli naval forces fired at a Palestinian boat off the central Gaza Strip on June 7, killing four militants, medical officials,. UPI/Ismael Mohamad Victim
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