A Palestinian youth mourns the death of a relative who was killed in an Israeli strike in the Saftawi neighborhood west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 27  (AFP)

Gaza City, May 27 (RHC)-- Hamas calls for global protests to mark 600 days of Israeli "genocide and starvation" against the people of Gaza.  In a statement issued Tuesday, the Palestinian resistance movement renewed its call for “global voices to be raised in condemnation of the Israeli regime’s genocide and starvation against defenseless civilians, children, and women.”

The group urged organizations and institutions worldwide to “escalate all forms of global action, in cities and squares around the world, against the aggression, extermination, and starvation targeting our people.”

“We call for global protests to immediately stop the Zionist Holocaust.”   “May the coming days be days of global rage,” Hamas said, calling for “demonstrations, marches, and mass sit-ins."

In recent months, cities around the world have witnessed a wave of mass demonstrations and protests in solidarity with Palestine.

Demonstrators have taken to the streets from London and New York to Jakarta and Cape Town to denounce Israel’s brutal war against Palestinian women and children and demand an immediate end to the regime’s blockade on the coastal strip.

Israel launched its devastating offensive against Gaza on October 7, 2023.  Since then, more than 54,000 Palestinians have lost their lives — the majority of whom are women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

[ SOURCE: PRESS TV and AFP ]