Hamas Calls on Palestinians for Peaceful Protests along Border with Israel

Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) called on Gazans to participate in 20th Friday of “March of Return” protests that will be held today near the border with the Zionist regime of Israel.

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Date: 10 August 2018 - 15:57

TEHRAN (Defapress) -The movement has called on the people to appear near the site of “tents of return”, east of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas reaffirmed the peacefulness of the march and promised its continuity until the Palestinians’ expectations are met and they are given the right to return to their homes, and the siege of Gaza are lifted, while rejecting the so-called US "deal of the century".

Hamas stated that the rally will begin after the evening prayer and will continue until 07:30 pm local time.

A tentative calm has been reigning over the Gaza Strip since 10:45 pm local time after a ceasefire agreement was reached on Thursday night between the Palestinian resistance factions and Israel following the recent Israeli airstrikes.

According to Palestinian Information center, the agreement was brokered by Egypt and the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, who led efforts to prevent another war. Both have repeatedly called for the restoration of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in previous months.

Israel had launched scores of airstrikes on Gaza over the past day provoking the Palestinian resistance to retaliate by firing a spate of rockets and mortars at Israeli military targets and settlements.

A surge in Israeli airstrikes and Palestinian counterattacks in recent weeks prompted the UN and Egypt to try to broker a truce to prevent another all-out conflict.

Despite those truce efforts, Israel escalated its aerial attacks on Gaza on Wednesday night and Thursday, striking more than 150 targets in Gaza and forcing the Palestinian resistance to respond.

One of Israel’s air raids on Wednesday claimed the lives of three Palestinian civilians in Gaza, including a pregnant mother and her one-year-old daughter.

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