Dr. Ahmed Bahr, Acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, died today, Friday, as a result of his injuries resulting from a previous air strike by the Israeli occupation army during the war it was waging in the Gaza Strip.

Hassan Khraisha, the second deputy speaker of the Legislative Council elected in 2006, mourned the martyr Bahr, saying: “On my behalf and in the name of the members of the Legislative Council elected in 2006, we mourn with all pride and honor the acting Speaker of the Legislative Council, Dr. Ahmed Bahr (Abu Akram), who rose as a result of the occupation’s bombing.”