Published October 13,2023
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Thousands of protesters poured onto the streets of a number of Middle East capitals Friday in assist of Palestinians amid Israeli air strikes on Gaza in reprisal for a shock Hamas assault.
“No to the occupation! No to America!” chanted demonstrators gathered in central Baghdad after Shiite chief Moqtada Sadr known as for a protest “in support of Gaza” and towards Israel, an AFP journalist reported.
“This rally is aimed at condemning what is happening in occupied Palestine, the bloodletting and the violation of rights,” stated Abu Kayan, an organiser of the protest.
The besieged Gaza Strip has been below heavy Israeli bombardment since Saturday when Hamas militants stormed Israel’s southern border on Saturday and killed greater than 1,300 individuals.
The Israeli strikes have killed greater than 1,530 individuals within the Gaza Strip, which has already been below a land, sea and air blockade for greater than 15 years.
Anti-Israel protests have been additionally held in Iran on Friday.
In the capital Tehran, demonstrators waved Iranian, Palestinian, and Lebanese Hezbollah flags and held banners studying “Down with America” and “Down with Israel”, an AFP journalist stated.
Similar gatherings befell in different cities throughout Iran, the place American and Israeli flags have been burned.
Iran, a rustic with a predominantly Shiite Muslim however non-Arab inhabitants, financially and militarily helps Hamas. Israel is their mutual sworn enemy.
In Jordan, which has lengthy had a peace treaty with neighbouring Israel, greater than 10,000 individuals gathered in central Amman, close to the Grand Husseini Mosque, after a name for protests from the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, and a number of other leftist and youth teams.
In the Gulf state of Bahrain, a whole lot of worshippers chanted “Death to Israel!” and “Death to America!” forward of Friday prayers at Diraz mosque.
Hundreds of individuals then joined a protest march, a few of them waving Palestinian flags and others stamping on Israeli and US emblems that have been laid on the bottom.
In the Saudi capital Riyadh, the place protests are prohibited, an AFP journalist witnessed police cuffing a worshipper who interrupted Friday prayers by shouting on the imam: “Speak about Palestine! Gaza is under bombs!”.
In France, the place President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday known as on Israel to deal a “strong” however “just” response to the Hamas assault, the federal government issued a ban on “pro-Palestinian demonstrations because they are likely to generate disturbances to public order.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr