Hamas Calls for Mobilization at Gaza Border on Quds Day

Rasa - Hamas Movement called for mobilization on the Gaza border Friday to mark the occasion of International Quds Day in protest at Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people and holy places.

News ID: 430520

Date: 22 June 2017 - 23:29

RNA - Hamas asked, in a press statement, Arabs and Muslims to support Occupied Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque as well as the Palestinian besieged people on International Quds Day which coincides on last Friday of holy month of Ramadan, Syria Truths reported.

The statement underlined that Hamas will continue its struggle until the liberation of Palestine and the return of the Palestinian refugees.

The International Quds Day is an annual event opposing Israel's occupation of Beitul-Muqaddas. Anti-Zionist rallies and demonstrations are held on the last Friday of Ramadan in Muslim and Arab countries around the world, specially in Iran, as well as a large number of non-Muslim states.

The International Quds Day was started by the late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, in 1979 as a way of expressing solidarity with the Palestinians and underscoring importance of the holy Quds to Muslims.

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