RABAT, February 22. /TASS/. Various Palestinian public organizations plan to hold a Day of Rage on February 27 to protest against Israel's aggression towards the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, the WAFA news agency reported.

According to it, the rally will also express support for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

According to representatives of the Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs at a meeting held in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh, "the Palestinian issue is passing through a critical stage, as Israel has violated Palestinians' rights and turned their lives into hell." The Day of Rage is expected to take place throughout the Palestinian governorates.

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7, 2023, when militants from the Gaza Strip-based radical Palestinian movement Hamas staged a surprise attack on Israeli territory from Gaza, killing residents of Israeli border settlements and taking over 240 hostages, including women, children and the elderly. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. In response, Israel declared a total blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 mln Palestinians before the crisis, and has been delivering air strikes on Gaza as well as some parts of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes have also been reported on the West Bank.