Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 24
Protesters gathered Monday at Union Square in New York City to demonstrate against Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip and express solidarity with Palestinians.
Waving Palestinian flags, they chanted slogans such as “Free, free Palestine” and “Gaza is watching us.”
Officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) stood between two lines of steel barriers between supporters of Palestine and Israel.
The demonstration later moved into the metro station.
“Gaza! Gaza!” protesters chanted as they flooded the subway station, which saw a temporary shutdown.
Tightening security, police officers arrested some demonstrators.
Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7 attack by the Palestinian group Hamas despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.
More than 37,100 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them women and children, and nearly 84,700 others injured, according to local health authorities.
Source: Anadolu Agency
