March commemorating Palestinian Martyr's Day in Beirut urges ceasefire

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
7 Jan 2024 17:22

Palestinian factions in Lebanon commemorate Palestinian Martyr's Day, demanding an end to the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

An image from the march in Beirut, Lebanon, to commemorate the Palestinian Martyr's Day on January 7, 2024. (Al Mayadeen)

The Palestinian factions in Lebanon, including the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah Movement, organized a massive march, on Sunday, in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people commemorating the Palestinian Martyr’s Day.

The solidarity activists gathered in central Beirut and headed toward the martyrs’ cemetery in Shatila, waving both the Palestinian and Lebanese flags while also raising banners denouncing the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against civilians and children in the Gaza Strip.

مسيرة حاشدة في بيروت إحياءاً ليوم الشهيد الفلسطيني من تنظيم حركة فتح ومنظمة التحرير الفلسطيني.

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Many Palestinian and Lebanese national figures participated in the event as they chanted slogans stressing the necessity of Palestinian unity, an immediate ceasefire, and the prosecution of "Israel" for its crimes against humanity.

Similarly, many countries around the world witnessed mass demonstrations denouncing the Israeli aggression and genocide committed by the occupation of Gaza.

Day 93: Genocide ongoing

22,835 people have been martyred in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli occupation launched its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Sunday.

The latest toll released on the 93rd day of the Israeli aggression came after the occupation committed 12 massacres against entire families in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, killing more than 113 people and injuring another 250.

So far, 58,416 Palestinians have been injured by the Israeli occupation bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which has targeted civilian infrastructure, hospitals, and residential buildings.

The occupation has also commonly targeted protected areas housing displaced people, as well as apartment complexes in which hundreds of civilians took refuge.

On Sunday, the Israeli war machine targeted two buildings housing displaced people toward the coast of Rafah, which is located in the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip.