2024-10-07
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on october 7, the first anniversary of the outbreak of the palestinian-israeli conflict, thousands of protesters took to the streets in major cities around the world to demand a ceasefire and an end to the war in gaza and the entire middle east.
about 40,000 pro-palestinian demonstrators marched through central london, the uk's capital. at the same time, thousands of residents took to the streets of major cities such as paris, france, rome, italy, manila, the philippines, cape town, south africa, and new york, the united states. demonstrators also gathered near the us white house to protest us support for israeli military operations in gaza and lebanon.
on october 7, 2023, hamas announced a military operation against israel codenamed "aqsa flood" and brought 251 israeli hostages to gaza, triggering a new round of palestinian-israeli conflict. according to statistics from the gaza ministry of health, israeli military attacks on gaza have killed nearly 42,000 palestinians. nearly 100,000 people were injured and almost all of the 2.3 million people were displaced.
in new york's times square, protesters chanted: "gaza, lebanon, you will rise, and people will be with you." they held signs and demanded an arms embargo on israel.
in dublin, the capital of ireland, marchers held up banners to protest the biden administration's support for israel