• Published 00:00 16.10.08
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Hamas sponsors mass wedding for 72 grooms injured while fighting Israel

Many of the grooms are amputees, militants who survived targeted assassinations by the IDF.

By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10 Tags: Hamas Gaza Israel news

Seventy-two Palestinian militants wounded while fighting Israel were recently awarded with brides and a mass wedding in the Gaza Strip.

Many of the grooms are amputees who were targeted for assassination by the Israel Defense Forces. Hamas sponsored the ceremony, which was made possible by the ceasefire between Israel and Gaza militants, which provides the coastal territory with temporary calm.

The women, for the most part, did not know their grooms.

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