Some died in Iran, others on a sea far from home. They were honored together Wednesday at a procession in Tehran.
After a fierce ground fight between Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah, the village of Nabi Sheet mourned its dead. “We are not here to bow,” said one villager. “We will not kneel.”
There were students attending classes at the time that the school was destroyed. Some 175 people were killed by the attack on the girls’ elementary school.
Ceremonies commemorating the 40 days after protesters were killed are planned this week, challenging the authorities’ ability to restrain them.
The authorities moved to suppress shows of defiance at ceremonies commemorating 40 days since the death of protesters.
Witness testimony and videos from Tehran’s largest cemetery show disrespectful treatment of the dead after a brutal government crackdown.
With the bodies of 10 people returned from Gaza, Israelis elated by the release of hostages began mourning those who did not make it home alive.
Hamas has handed over the bodies of eight people, but says it is struggling to find the remains of others after two years of war.
A procession of marchers honored prominent figures killed during the 12-day war with Israel.