GAZA CITY (AFP) - Thousands of Palestinians joined protests across the Gaza Strip on Friday organized by the territory's Hamas rulers to mark the Iranian-inspired Quds (Jerusalem) Day.
Demonstrations were held after the weekly Friday prayers in several cities of the besieged territory where Iranian-backed Hamas seized power in June 2007.
"Jerusalem is ours and the Zionists are destined to disappear," Ahmad Bahar, a deputy speaker of the Palestinian parliament told the crowd in Gaza City.
Quds Day, held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, is the brainchild of Iran's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as a display of solidarity with the Palestinians.
It is marked by mass demonstrations across Iran to denounce the Jewish state and its main ally, Washington.
During Friday's Quds rally in Tehran, President Mahmud Ahmadinejad once again called the Holocaust a "myth" in comments that have sparked outrage around the world.
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