The word "martyrs" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It can refer to someone who chooses to suffer or die rather than give up their beliefs or principles. It can also refer to someone who is killed or suffers greatly for a cause or belief. Example: The book is dedicated to the brave martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of their country.
The fact that he belongs to a family of "martyrs", and that he never left Iraq during Saddam's rule, have contributed to the high standing he has acquired among Shias.
On Tuesday, Hamas's spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, said: "Hamas praises the role martyrs Abu Aisha and Qawasmeh played in chasing down Israeli settlers and we stress that their assassination will not weaken the resistance".
The state news channel Syria TV quoted a government official as saying two improvised explosives planted by "terrorists" blew up near the "Sons of Martyrs" school in Damascus.
Not only have they made the issue clear to everybody – not only have they created martyrs in our comrades at Fort Leavenworth, at the Ecuadorian embassy in London and at an undisclosed location in Moscow – not only have they lit this fire beyond the point where they can piss it out, but they have lost their armour.
Updated at 2.37pm BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 1.34pm BST13:34 Four dead in hospital attack Gaza's health ministry now says four people were killed in that attack on the al-Aqsa martyrs hospital.
Or the England of the freeborn radical, the Levellers, Chartists, Tolpuddle martyrs and suffragettes?
Israel's Channel 2 said it saw no sign of damage to the al-Aqsa martyrs hospital after reviewing footage of the building, according to the Times of Israel.
I reckoned that as a woman, it was better to help martyrs' families and the displaced people flooding to our district.
Hospital serves 200,000 people #GazaUnderAttack Updated at 1.37pm BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 1.23pm BST13:23 16 wounded in hospital attack Some 16 patients were wounded when the al-Aqsa martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah was attacked in a "heavy artillery bombardment", its director general Medhat Abbas confirmed to the Guardian.
Now, should I keep the revolution going for the sake of the martyrs and allow more people to die from starvation under the regime's bombing?
We do not know about the number of the martyrs.
