Hamas holds rally in Gaza over Israeli raids at Al-Aqsa Mosque | Israel-Palestine battle Information
Northern Gaza – For the second week in a row, 1000’s of Palestinians participated in a mass rally known as by the Hamas motion to indicate solidarity within the face of continued Israeli raids in occupied Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque has been on the centre of days of violence and heightened tensions following a sequence of Israeli incursions into the holy website, which started initially of the holy month of Ramadan.
On the demonstration in Jabalia refugee camp, within the northern Gaza Strip, protesters held banners declaring Palestinian dominion over the Al-Aqsa Mosque and chanted slogans deploring Israeli assaults in opposition to worshippers there.
Suhail al-Hindi, a member of the Hamas political bureau, mentioned the 1000’s of individuals from Gaza who joined the march did so to ship a message to folks in occupied Jerusalem and within the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
“We’re in your aspect,” al-Hindi mentioned in a speech.
“We stand with you, assist you, shield your determination and defend you,” he mentioned, calling on Palestinians within the West Financial institution, occupied Jerusalem, and within the 1948 territories, to collect completely at Al-Aqsa to defend it.
“Palestinian unity represented in Jerusalem, the West Financial institution, and the 1948 occupied territories, tells the Israeli occupation the Palestinian persons are united in resistance and preventing with all what they’ve,” he mentioned.
A surge of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory in the course of the previous month has raised fears of a slide again to a wider battle just like final Might’s 11-day Israeli assault on Gaza, by which greater than 250 Palestinians in Gaza and 13 folks in Israel had been killed.
Israel carried out air raids in numerous areas of the Gaza Strip twice final week with the Israeli navy saying its fighter jets had attacked navy targets.
Earlier this week, rockets had been fired from Gaza at Israel, inflicting minor injury and no accidents, Israeli police mentioned. 4 rockets launched from Gaza had been intercepted by air defence programs, the Israeli navy mentioned.
The rocket fireplace had heightened expectations amongst Gazan residents of the potential for a large-scale Israeli offensive in opposition to the Gaza Strip, just like final 12 months.
“Nobody needs for struggle”
Islam Abu Nada advised Al Jazeera that she anticipated struggle to interrupt out after the rocket fireplace final week.
“Based mostly on what is occurring in Al-Aqsa, we had an expectation that the resistance would reply,” the Jabalia resident mentioned on the protest.
Although the incursions into Al-Aqsa had induced pressure, nobody seems all for a struggle, Abu Nada mentioned.
“Nobody needs for struggle,” she mentioned.
“Israel targets civilians and doesn’t differentiate between kids, ladies or the aged,” she mentioned, including, “we all the time really feel concern for our youngsters in struggle.”
Demanding that incursions into Al-Aqsa “cease instantly”, in addition to different “provocations” by Israel in the course of the holy month of Ramadan, Abu Nada mentioned it stays to be seen what is going to happen subsequent.
“We are going to see what occurs,” she mentioned.
Holding a Hamas flag on the rally, Khalil Taim, 35, mentioned Palestinians had been defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque which is “the primary [direction] Qibla” that Muslims confronted to hope.
“It’s regular for the resistance to answer the Israeli violations happening in Jerusalem,” Taim advised Al Jazeera, describing as “illogical” Israel’s incursions into the holy website, and the capturing and killings of Palestinians.
“We’re in a liberation battle, and now we have no hand [in it] if an escalation erupts,” he mentioned.
“Gaza is used to it.”
Israel solely understands the language of preventing, mentioned 77-year-old Abd al-Fattah Abd al-Nabi.
Expressing his solidarity with worshippers on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, he mentioned there will be no silence about what had occurred and no worth was too excessive to pay to defend the location.
“We demand the resistance to not stay silent about what is occurring in Al-Aqsa Mosque, irrespective of the associated fee,” he mentioned.
For her half, teenager Malak Al-Masry, from Beit Hanoun, advised Al Jazeera how a lot she feared the sound of Israel’s fighter jets and their latest bombing.
“I immediately thought that struggle had erupted,” the 17-year-old mentioned of the latest bombings.
“The identical situations of destruction, concern and individuals who misplaced their family members poured into my thoughts,” she mentioned, including that she hopes that such scenes don’t happen once more.
In Gaza, Malak mentioned, the folks dwell in concern of devastating struggle, and they’re additionally outraged at what is going on at Al-Aqsa.
“We’re in Gaza, [caught] between two fires,” she mentioned.
