Saudi Arabia's King Salman has invited 1,000 relatives of Palestinians killed or wounded in Gaza to Makkah to perform Hajj. Under the initiative, a total of 2,000 Palestinians will arrive for the pilgrimage, which officially begins on Friday.
The war in Gaza broke out after Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,200 people, according to Israeli official figures.
The Israeli army then launched a devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 37,200 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza.