Hamas's political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, called on Sunday for demonstrations and marches in Arab and Islamic countries and the world on August 3, declaring that date a "national and international day" to support Gaza and the prisoners in Israeli prisons.

According to a statement published by the movement on its Telegram account, Haniyeh called for “August 3rd to be a national and international day in support of Gaza and the prisoners.”

He stressed the necessity of "effective national, Arab, Islamic and international popular participation in it, and the continuity of all forms of demonstrations and marches and their continuation after August 3, until the Zionist occupation is forced to stop its aggression and crimes against our people and against our prisoners in Nazi detention prisons."

He said: "We look forward to the third of August being a pivotal, visible and effective day in all parts of Palestine, in refugee camps and the diaspora, in our Arab and Islamic world, and among all free people in the world, in order to support our people in the Gaza Strip and our free prisoners in the occupation's prisons."

He added: "This announcement comes in light of the international silence and inability to stop this aggressive war against our people and our prisoners, the bias, support and full partnership of the American administration in this aggression, and the failure of human rights and humanitarian institutions to assume their responsibilities in providing support, assistance and victory for our people in the Gaza Strip and our prisoners in the prisons of the Zionist enemy."

Since October 7, Israel, with American support, has been waging a war on Gaza, resulting in more than 130,000 martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and deadly famine, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world.

Tel Aviv continues the war, ignoring the UN Security Council resolutions to stop it immediately, and the International Court of Justice orders to take measures to prevent acts of genocide and improve the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.