The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas called for a general mobilization and rally next Friday, in support of the people of the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem, in light of the war of extermination that the occupation has been committing against the Palestinians for more than 10 months.

The movement said in a statement: “We call on the masses of our people, our nation, and the free people all over the world to mobilize and gather in all squares, and to make next Friday, August 23, a day of mass and effective victory and defense of Gaza, Jerusalem, and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

The movement added: “We also call on the masses of our people in the city of Jerusalem, our people in the occupied interior, and the entire occupied West Bank to continue to travel, stay, and seclude themselves in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Friday of Al-Aqsa on August 23, and to confront all attempts by the Zionist extremists to storm and desecrate it, and to thwart their malicious plans seeking to divide it.”

Hamas called on the peoples of the Arab and Islamic nation to “strengthen and intensify the state of support and solidarity with the steadfastness of our people in the Gaza Strip, and with the people of Jerusalem in their steadfastness, jihad and sacrifices, so that we may all be partners in achieving the honor of contributing to the defense of Palestine and the liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque.”