{"id":59124,"date":"2025-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2025\/08\/08\/global-calls-to-escalate-action-against-the-occupation-and-end-the-genocide-siege-and-starvation-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:00:00","slug":"global-calls-to-escalate-action-against-the-occupation-and-end-the-genocide-siege-and-starvation-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/2025\/08\/08\/global-calls-to-escalate-action-against-the-occupation-and-end-the-genocide-siege-and-starvation-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Calls to Escalate Action Against the Occupation and End the Genocide, Siege, and Starvation in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000\">Global Calls to Escalate Action Against the Occupation and End<br \/>\nthe Genocide, Siege, and Starvation in Gaza<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nIslamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has called on the Arab and Islamic nations,<br \/>\nas well as all free people around the world, to continue and escalate public<br \/>\nactivities next Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in protest against the Israeli<br \/>\noccupation\u2019s aggression and its crimes of genocide and starvation against the<br \/>\nresidents of the Gaza Strip.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">In a<br \/>\nstatement, the movement urged intensifying popular pressure in various cities<br \/>\nand capitals through marches, demonstrations, and sit-ins in front of Israeli,<br \/>\nU.S., and other pro-aggression embassies, expressing its high appreciation for<br \/>\nthe global mobilization that has exposed the crimes of the \u201cZionist-Nazi\u201d<br \/>\noccupation and condemned its war of extermination against unarmed civilians.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Hamas<br \/>\nstressed the urgent need to unify efforts to open the crossings, immediately<br \/>\ndeliver humanitarian aid, and raise voices loudly against the international<br \/>\nsilence and inaction in the face of horrific crimes\u2014killings, bombings, and the<br \/>\nstarvation of more than two million besieged Palestinians in the Strip.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Over the<br \/>\npast few days, several cities worldwide have witnessed mass protests denouncing<br \/>\nthe policy of starvation and siege and opposing ongoing U.S. support for the<br \/>\naggression.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">In<br \/>\nAustralia, one of the largest pro-Palestine demonstrations took place on Sydney<br \/>\nHarbour Bridge, with police estimating around 90,000 participants, while<br \/>\norganizers reported figures between 200,000 and 300,000. The city of Melbourne<br \/>\nalso saw similarly massive protests.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Today,<br \/>\nthe Gaza Strip faces one of the worst humanitarian disasters in history, with<br \/>\nfamine spreading under a tightened siege imposed by the Israeli occupation for<br \/>\nmore than ten months, which intensified after the complete closure of crossings<br \/>\non March 2.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">This has<br \/>\nled to widespread acute malnutrition and the deaths of children and patients<br \/>\nfrom hunger, amid the near-total collapse of the healthcare sector.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Since<br \/>\nOctober 7, 2023, the war of extermination has claimed the lives and injured<br \/>\nmore than 204,000 Palestinians, the vast majority of them women and children.<br \/>\nIn addition, over 9,000 people remain missing, while massive destruction has<br \/>\ncaused mass displacement and deprived hundreds of families of the most basic<br \/>\nnecessities of life.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">(Source:<br \/>\nAgencies)<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 150%; 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