People take part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Paris on October 5, 2024 [Stephane De Sakutin/AFP]
In a powerful display of solidarity, tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Washington D.C., US and Toronto, Canada to stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Lebanon, two days before the one-year mark of “Israel’s” genocidal war on Gaza.
Chanting phrases like “End the occupation now…We want justice, you say how,” one protester expressed her grief “over the loss of over 100,000 martyrs.” Demonstrators also demanded that an arms embargo be placed on “Israel” for its genocide in Gaza.
Protesters also condemned the intensifying Israeli aggression on Lebanon, which has displaced tens of thousands of Lebanese from South Lebanon as Israeli occupation forces attempt to execute a ground invasion of southern Lebanon; all of which have been foiled by the Lebanese Resistance.
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Pro-Palestine rallies held globally to mark a year of Israel’s war on Gaza
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in major cities around the world to condemn the Israeli military operations in Gaza as the war in the Palestinian territory nears the one-year mark.
Pro-Palestinian protesters defied a ban on their demonstration and clashed (in Italian style) with riot police today in Rome's Piazzale Ostiens. Local media is reporting that up to 30 cops were injured. pic.twitter.com/WPxlJpqDWz
In the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, more than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the embassy of the United States, demanding that Washington, Israel’s top military supplier and ally, stop sending weapons to Israel.
“We are appealing to the hearts of all the leaders of the world to rise up and move and liberate them [Palestinians] from the oppression carried out by Israel,” a demonstrator told Al Jazeera.
“This is no longer a religious issue but truly a humanitarian issue – not just for Muslims but all who claim to be Muslim,” said another protester, holding his child on his shoulders and carrying a Palestinian flag.
A woman looks on while people raise Palestinian flags during a protest against Israel and in support of Palestinians outside the US embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]
In the Philippines, dozens of left-wing activists protested near the US embassy in Manila, where police prevented them from getting closer to the seaside compound.
🟡 BREAKING: Berlin police are attacking the ongoing pro-Palestine protest as thousands took to the streets one year deep into Israel‘s extermination war. Police fired pepper spray into the crowd and violently arrested protesters. pic.twitter.com/URm5xlF2rO
In Cape Town in South Africa, hundreds walked to parliament, chanting: “Israel is a racist state!” and “We are all Palestinian!” Pro-Gaza marches were also planned Saturday in Johannesburg and Durban.
In Caracas, hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested outside the United Nations’s headquarters for Venezuela, carrying a giant Palestinian flag. They delivered a petition to the UN calling for an end to the “genocide” of the Palestinians.
Iranian State media reported that Fattah hypersonic missiles were used in the massive attacks against the Israeli occupation.
Iran launched hundreds of missiles at Israeli targets, sending hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers into bunkers while missiles pounded occupation military bases.
The missiles took less than 15 minutes to reach areas in Occupied Palestine.
The I-R-G-C released a second statement after the attack, saying that it targeted three Israeli military bases near Tel Aviv in its response.
In a second statement after the operation, dubbed True Promise 2 by the I-R-G-C, it was announced that three military bases near Tel Aviv were targeted in the missile attack on “Israel”, including the Hatzerim airbase used in the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nas-ral-lah
Videos confirmed countless impacts across Occupied Palestine. It’s worth noting the majority of videos were taken by Palestinians in the West Bank, cheering for the Iranian missiles as they battered Israeli targets.
The statement further added that 90% of missiles achieved a direct hit on their targets.
🔽❌🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 🔽❌🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 An Iranian attack destroyed several F-35 fighter jets at the Nevatim airbase (video). The missiles also destroyed F-15 fighter jets at other bases such as Hatzerim.
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Israel war on Gaza, Lebanon live: Iran fires dozens of missiles at Israel
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The IRGC in Iran launched a massive operation against the Israeli occupation, striking targets with hundreds of missiles, prompting sirens to sound across Occupied Palestine.
The IRGC announced the operation is in response to the assassination of martyrs Haniyeh, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Nilforooshian.
The statement warned the Israeli occupation against any response to the operation, or it would face violent consequences.
Chaos in Israel as sirens sound and traffic stops
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Israel war on Gaza, Lebanon live: Iran fires dozens of missiles at Israel
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has fired dozens of missiles at Israel in response to the killing of people of Gaza, as well as Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.
The IRGC says Israel will face “crushing” attacks if it responds.
Earlier, Israel said its troops entered southern Lebanon for what it called “limited” raid but Hezbollah denied they crossed into the territory.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati says Lebanon faces “one of the most dangerous phases of its history”.
Meanwhile, Israeli attacks continue across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 29 Palestinians.
More than 400 missiles were launched from Iran against the Palestinian territories occupied by “Israel” during the last half hour. ..Al Mayadeen
Iranian Revolutionary Guard:
Iranian missile attacks against the Zionist entity used cluster warheads, causing the Iron Dome system to fail to confront them.
Since approximately 7:30 Al-Quds time, sirens across Occupied Palestine have been sounding non-stop, signaling the beginning of a major Iranian operation against the Israeli occupation.
The operation followed a shooting operation leaving several victims in Tel Aviv.
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Israeli Media
The Iranian attack on “Israel” is a declaration of war and no other description.
A major Iranian operation launched where hundreds of missiles and rockets were launched at Israeli targets in Occupied Palestine.
Sirens sounded across “Israel” prompting settlers to flee to their bunkers.
According to New York Times reports, the Iranian missiles took less than 15 minutes to reach “Israel”, suggesting that the operation was carried out using ballistic missiles.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post reported that multiple waves of sirens and multiple explosions, including a huge boom, could be heard from Tel Aviv.
The daily added that the sounds were different from the more familiar sounds of Israeli missiles intercepting Palestinian rockets, more like a heavy warhead.
Israeli media reported that the missiles mainly targeted military targets.
Iranian state television has reported that some of the ballistic missiles fired by the IRGC targeted Israeli tanks located at the so-called Netzarim Corridor.
The Netzarim Corridor was set up to split northern Gaza from the south in the early days of the Israeli offensive on the enclave.
Israel reopens airspace
Israel has now reopened its airspace after a temporary suspension due to the missile attack.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s transport minister says that the country’s airspace will be temporarily closed to air traffic for two hours.
The last time Iran attacked Israel was April 13, about 12 days after Israel killed five members of Iran’s revolutionary guards in Damascus.
How Iran responded then was very different to what we’re seeing tonight. Iran, through backchannels, warned the US and Western powers ahead of time in April.
Tonight, Israel only started to put out signals from the US an hour or so before it was launched. A very different scenario.
What Iran’s end-game here, other than to show their strength and to draw some red lines, is not clear at the moment. But Israeli officials have already said they are going to respond with force.
What we’ve seen over the past few days, including with Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, is Netanyahu pushing Iran to launch this attack, which then gives him an excuse to do what he has always wanted: launch strikes on Iran’s six nuclear facilities.
For Israel and Netanyahu, the real goal in going after Hamas and Hezbollah has been to get to Iran.
The Dome of the Rock on the Al-Aqsa compound, is seen as projectiles fly through the sky, after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel, as seen from Jerusalem on Tuesday [Jamal Awad/Reuters]
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Pentagon chief warns ‘severe consequences for Iran’
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has told his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant that Washington had “increased force readiness” in the region in anticipation of the Iranian attack.
The call appeared to have taken place before Iran launched hundreds of missiles towards Israel.
“The Secretary and Minister Gallant discussed the severe consequences for Iran in the event Iran chooses to launch a direct military attack against Israel,” the Pentagon statement said.
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Israeli military says residents can leave shelters
The directive comes about an hour after Israeli residents in certain areas were told to seek safety.
The Israeli military instructed residents to continue to monitor the situation and obey future instructions.
(GAZA CITY, Gaza.) #GreatReturnMarch #IDF shot six local journalists have suffered injuries according to unconfirmed reports while covering the second week of the Palestinian protest in Gaza, media has reported citing the ‘ ‘ Palestinian Journalists Syndicate ‘ and 992 were also injured.
from #AceNewsDesk – Apr.07: Editor says Palestinians burn tires to blind #IDF but it did not help to prevent more killings and injuries on Friday as the Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, seven Palestinians, including one child, and injured 992 others, in several parts of the coastal region.An eighth Palestinian died from serious wounds suffered last Friday: The Ministry stated that the child, identified as Hussein Mohammad Madhi, 16, was killed by Israeli army fire, on Friday evening, east of Gaza city #AceNewsDesk reports
Palestinians take part in the Great March of Return today. Thousands of tires were burnt to blur Israeli snipers vision.
An Israeli military court has extended the detention of Ahed Tamimi, a 16-year-old girl who has become the face of Palestinian resistance to Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank for many who follow the weekly protests in her village through social media.Ahed was arrested in an overnight raid of her family’s home in the village of Nabi Saleh last Monday.
Zionists recreate vast ‘Warsaw Ghetto-like’ Concentration Camp in October 2017
Israel seals off West Bank and Gaza. 11-day border closure traps 4 million Palestinians for week-long Jewish holiday.
by. Farah Najjar (photos have been added) Source: Al Jazeera News Palestinians prohibited from entering Israel despite having work permits stand to lose their livelihood for the next 10 days
Israeli authorities have sealed off the occupied West Bank and the already besieged Gaza Strip for 11 days, as Jewish celebrations for the Sukkot holiday commence.
At midnight on Tuesday, all crossings to the West Bank and Gaza Strip were closed off to some four million Palestinians in the territories.
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