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Gazans protest Egypt court ruling against Qassam Brigades

A Palestinian shouts slogans as he takes part in a protest against an Egyptian court’s ruling against Ezzedine Qassam Brigades in Rafah, on February 5, 2015.

Hundreds of Palestinians have staged a demonstration to protest the decision by an Egyptian court to designate Ezzedine Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas resistance movement, as a "terrorist organization."

The protesters gathered outside Egypt's diplomatic mission in Gaza City on Friday, waving Hamas green flags and chanting slogans in support of Gaza-based Qassam Brigades.

"Qassam are the pride of the nation, not terrorists!" they shouted.

"We call on the Egyptian authorities to overturn this oppressive ruling," senior Hamas figure Salah al-Bardawil said at the rally, adding, "Those who seek to undermine Egypt's security in Sinai are its enemies…. The weapons of the Palestinian resistance remain pointed towards the Zionist enemy (Israel).”

The rally comes a day after thousands of Palestinians staged a similar protest in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah to condemn the Egyptian court’s terror ruling.

The Cairo Court of Urgent Matters claimed in a lawsuit on December 31 that Hamas was involved in recent attacks against Egypt’s security forces, listing the resistance movement’s military wing as a “terrorist organization.”

The armed wings of Gaza-based Palestinian factions slammed the ruling, reiterating that their resistance merely focuses on efforts to end the Israeli occupation and never interferes in the internal affairs of any Arab country, particularly Egypt.

They also stressed that the international and Egyptian courts should be concerned about terrorism by the Israeli regime.

The armed Palestinian factions further described Egypt’s move as a “dagger in the back of resistance,” adding that they would “continue the journey of resistance to liberate Palestine.”

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