Hamas : “We pray to Allah that all the Zionist leaders who committed massacres against our people to go to hell.”

In Gaza, some Palestinians also handed out sweets to passersby and motorists while some others stepped on his photos.

Jibril Rajoub, a top Palestinian official of the Fatah party, described Sharon as a criminal and expressed regret that he had never appeared before the International Criminal Court.

Salah el-Bardaweel, a spokesman for Hamas noted in a statement that Sharon was a “criminal,” adding, “We pray to Allah that Sharon and all the Zionist leaders who committed massacres against our people to go to hell.”