Thousands expected to attend pro-Palestine march in DC for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war
Thousands of people joined a pro-Palestine rally in Washington DC calling for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza and the end of US aid to Israel on Saturday.
Aerial footage from Freedom Plaza showed a massive crowd listening to a number of speakers.
Hamas, the group in charge of Gaza which has been labelled a terror organisation by the US and the EU, launched an attack on Israel on 7 October, killing more than 1,400 people.
In the following counterattacks by Israel, at least 9,257 people in Gaza have been killed, with more than 23,516 wounded, the Gaza Health Ministry has said.
President Joe Biden, who came out strongly in support of Israel after the vicious attack by Hamas, called for a humanitarian “pause” on Wednesday but didn’t argue for a ceasefire.
The “National March on Washington: Free Palestine” is a chance for demonstrators to do just that.
The rally began at 2pm just to the east of the White House at the Western end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
