Hamas calls for 'solidarity marches' worldwide against US-Israel 'ethnic cleansing'

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called for worldwide protests and “solidarity marches” over the weekend for unified international response to the US-Israeli plan of “ethnic cleansing” in Palestine.

Hamas in a statement on Wednesday called people around the globe to participate in mass demonstrations in capital cities, and let the coming Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays be a global movement against the regime's genocide of the oppressed people of Gaza.

“We ... call on the masses of our people, our Arab and Islamic nation, and the free people of the world to go out in massive solidarity marches” from Friday through Sunday to denounce “the plans to displace our Palestinian people from their land,” Hamas said in the statement.

The movement said that the demonstrations are a show of support for the Palestinian people's inalienable right to defend their territory, and their right to freedom, independence, and self-determination.

Hamas also expressed gratitude for the worldwide support and solidarity in favor of the people of Gaza during the 15 months of Israel’s genocide.

Hamas rejects US-Israeli 'threats' on captive exchange

Hamas says Israel is "evading the implementation of several provisions of the ceasefire agreement."

The statement came on the day Israel threatened to launch a “new” war on Hamas and implement US President Donald Trump’s plan to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip if Hamas does not release all the Israeli captives by Saturday.

The remarks by the regime’s military affairs minister Israel Katz came shortly after Hamas said it would not bow down to US and Israeli “threats” over the release of captives under a fragile truce deal.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said that Israel was "evading the implementation of several provisions of the ceasefire agreement," warning that captives would not be released without Israel complying with the deal.

Meanwhile, Hamas said in a statement that a delegation headed by its top negotiator and Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya had "arrived in Cairo and began meetings with Egyptian officials" and was monitoring "the implementation of the ceasefire agreement."

Israel mounts West Bank raids; 44,000 Palestinians displaced in military offensive since Jan. 21

The Israeli military conducts more raids in several cities and refugee camps across the occupied West Bank.

The ceasefire was initiated last month between the Israeli regime and Hamas in the hope of ending a ferocious war of genocide by the regime that killed over 48,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Ever since the ceasefire took effect on January 19, the regime’s military has violated the ceasefire deal, by carrying out deadly shootings, blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid and medical supplies and inhibiting Palestinians' passage to northern Gaza.

Furthermore, the Israeli regime has significantly intensified its attacks on West Bank residents, killing more than 900 Palestinians, with United Nations reports indicating that 44,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes in the region.

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