2023-11-02 14:32:40
A demonstration in support of the Palestinian people was held on Wednesday, from 3 p.m., in front of the United States Embassy in Brussels. The organizers called for “end the genocide of the Palestinians“, and to “free Palestine“.
Nearly 800 people, according to police figures, gathered at Square Frère-Orban, in Brussels City. The demonstrators then went to the American embassy, located at 27 Boulevard du Régent.
A giant sign bore the faces of US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside the following message: “War criminals, child murderers“. “We are here to demand an end to Israeli terror, which kills women, men, children and the elderly, with the support of the United States.“, underlined a demonstrator.
Organized by Samidoun, a solidarity network of Palestinian prisoners, the demonstration intends to denounce the violence committed by the Israeli government once morest Palestinian civilians, prey to bombings and a blockade since the October 7 attack perpetrated by Hamas once morest the State Hebrew.
Since the start of the war, more than 1,400 deaths have been counted by the Israeli authorities, most of them on October 7, the day of the Hamas offensive. Between October 7 and 30, nearly 8,006 Palestinians were killed in massive bombardments by the Israeli army, 41.5% of them children, according to a report released Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO). , taking figures from the Ministry of Health occupied by Hamas in Gaza.
This figure rose to 8,796 deaths, according to a latest report from the ministry.
The non-governmental organization (NGO) Amnesty International has also recorded five attacks “illegal“committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip between October 7 and 12, which qualifies them as “war crimes“.
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