Ola Al-Asi
Press TV, Gaza
A mass rally was held in Gaza on the last Friday of Ramadan, which coincides with the 44th anniversary of International Quds Day.
The annual rally comes amid intensified Israeli attacks against the Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories. The participants chanted slogans, emphasizing their entitlement to Al-Quds and their hopes to pray at the Holy Mosque, when it's liberated from the Israeli regime.
The participants denounced the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people and the Israeli settlers’ incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, reiterating their willingness to respond to any Israeli future attack from all fronts.
After the worldwide condemnation of the savage Israeli attack on the Muslim worshipers at the Holy Mosque, and the resistance operations across the occupied Palestinian territories including the retaliatory rocket attacks on Israel, the Israeli authorities couldn’t help but ban non-Muslims’ visit to Al-Aqsa compound at the beginning of the Holy month of Ramadan up until the end.
People across the globe celebrate the annual Quds Day and voice their support for the oppressed people of Palestine. The Day was initiated in 1979, to raise awareness about the Palestinian cause, to remind the International Community of the Palestinians’ sufferings, and eventually pave the way for the liberation of Al-Quds from the Israeli occupation.
After they faced the Israeli airstrikes last Friday, Palestinians in Gaza took to the streets on Al-Quds Day in a clear message to the Israeli occupation that people in the Palestinian lands are united against the usurper and illegitimate entity of Israel and its colonial settlers.