Gaza, Oct 2 (IANS) Hundreds of Palestinians rallied in Gaza City to protest against Israeli raids at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The rally was organized on Saturday by way of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) at Palestine Stadium in northwestern Gaza town below the identify “Al-Aqsa Mosque is in hazard”. The protesters encompass Hamas leaders and supporters as well as representatives of Palestinian factions, Xinhua information business enterprise mentioned.
Protesters chanted anti-Israel slogans and slogans in assist of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. They waved Palestinian flags and Hamas inexperienced flags, as well as pix and models of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ pinnacle chief inside the Gaza Strip who participated the rally, warned that the contemporary Israeli practices on the mosque in Jerusalem “would blow up the scenario and lead to an unexpected tension.”
“The Palestinians in Gaza accrued to supply a message that the profession of Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Palestine in general, could result in an explosion that no one may be capable of manipulate,” Rawhi Mushtaha, a member of Hamas political bureau, advised the rally.
The rally got here less than per week after the Israeli police reportedly broke into the holy web site on September 26 inside the Old City of Jerusalem to cast off Muslim worshippers and offer a safe floor for ultranationalist Jews marking the Jewish New Year (from September 25 to 27).