Syria's Foreign and Expatriates Ministry on Saturday expressed its support for Palestine and described the operation of al-Aqsa Flood as an honoring act while assuring that the resistance is the sole and only path towards achieving the legitimate rights of the Palestinians people, state-owned news agency SANA reported. 

"Palestinian resistance factions marked a new chapter of struggle on the path to achieving the inalienable Palestinian rights through Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against the racist Zionist entity," the Ministry said in a statement.

The statement further reiterated Syria's condemnation of the actions carried out by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian population and views the Palestinian retaliation as a manifestation of the Palestinian people's rightful claim to establish their independent state on their own territory.

"Syria reiterates its support for the Palestinian people against Zionist terrorism and stresses that Palestine is close to achieving the desired victory," the statement concluded.

Protests in support of Hamas' actions in Israel are taking place in different countries of the Arab world - a mass march took place in the capital of Yemen, a rally was held in Aleppo in Syria, and a car rally with Hezbollah flags was held in Baghdad in Iraq. pic.twitter.com/M9nBmEo22a

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Earlier today, the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza launched barrages of rockets toward illegal Israeli settlements, including "Bat Yam" and "Rishon LeZiyyon" south of "Tel Aviv".

Mohammad Deif, Commander-in-Chief of al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said that the operation was launched in response to the Israeli occupation's desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as multiple assaults against women in its courtyards. 

The Israeli emergency services said there are dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries, some of whom cannot be reached.

Latest updates reveal that at least 600 injured individuals were transported to hospitals, 103 of which are in critical condition. Sixty settlers and soldiers in severe condition have been transported to the "Soroka" Hospital, according to the Israeli emergency services.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later recognized that  "Israel" is "at war" and that Hamas had initiated "a surprise attack".

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