Hamas movement organised a grand festival in the Gaza Strip this evening to express solidarity with Palestinian Jerusalemites who have been facing escalating Israeli attacks.

The festival named “Al-Aqsa is in Danger” was attended by officials from different Palestinian factions.

In a speech by member of Hamas political bureau Rawhi Mushtaha, the movement confirmed that Palestinians are prepared to defend the Al-Aqsa at any cost, noting that thousands of Gazans marched to express solidarity with the holy compound and “send a message to the entire world”.

“Al-Aqsa is in real danger, and the Israeli occupation plans to divide it spatially and temporally,” Mushtaha confirmed.

The Israeli occupation’s banning of Palestinians from entering the Mosque and performing prayers there poses a serious danger, the senior Hamas official added.

Mushtaha concluded by saluting Palestinian defenders of the Al-Aqsa and all freedom fighters from the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories, Gaza, and the West Bank.