Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the PFLP military wing in Gaza fighters (Social media)

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine declared tomorrow, Friday, a day of escalation for the sake of Gaza, calling on the masses of the Palestinian people everywhere to mobilize in the streets, rise up in the face of the occupation, and start an open clash, "as an expression of the state of engagement with the Gaza Strip."

It also called on the people of the West Bank, the occupied territories, and the Arab nations to organize urgent relief convoys to Gaza, stressing the need for priority to be given to medical supplies and fuel.

Likewise, the Arab and international patriotic, nationalist, progressive, and left-wing forces called on the Arab masses, the free people of the world, and international solidarity activists to "organize protests in front of the enemy's embassies and the embassies of the countries participating in the aggression, and the international institutions in all countries of the world, denouncing the crimes of the occupation, and rejecting international bias and complicity with the occupation."

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine urged to confront the American and Western behavior that is hostile to the Palestinian people, biased towards the occupation and a partner in its aggression against our Palestinian people, and European positions hostile to the rights of the Palestinian people.

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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) announced the martyrdom of Awad "Abu Samoud" Al-Sultan, a senior member of the Palestinian resistance faction.

The PFLP declared in an official statement that Al-Sultan, along with his son and other family members, lost their lives in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Jabaliya camp, located in the northern part of Gaza.

Subsequently, it was reported that the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades retaliated by launching a barrage of rockets targeting the Zakim military base.

The PFLP conveyed its condolences to the Palestinian people in the statement, on behalf of its Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, Political Office, and Central Committee.