According to the organizers, the purpose of the protest is to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, to honor those who died as a result of Israeli military actions in Gaza and the West Bank, and to condemn what they say are crimes against humanity.
The participants of the protest are going to gather in the Cathedral Square, later they will march along Gediminas Avenue to Vincas Kudirka Square, where the commemoration of those killed in Palestine will take place.
The war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas began on October 7. This group has killed at least 1,200 people since the attacks began. people, mostly civilians, and took nearly two and a half hundred hostages.
In response to this deadliest attack in the country’s history, Israel launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip to destroy Hamas.
During this period, Palestinian hospitals, schools, refugee camps, mosques and churches, and residential buildings were affected.
According to the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, almost 15,000 Palestinians have died in this Palestinian territory. people, mostly civilians.
More than two-thirds of Gaza’s total population, 1.7 million, have been forced to flee their homes. According to the United Nations, critical shortages of water, food and electricity remain.
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2024-08-05 22:41:27
