Islamabad Police Friday stopped the advance of the Islamic Jamiat students’ Gaza March towards the US Embassy in the diplomatic enclave.
Islamabad: Police stopp IJT students ‘Gaza March’ advance towards US embassy. The participants of the Gaza March attempted to go to the diplomatic enclave but ICT police stopped them their proceedings.
Participants staged a sit-in at Serena Chowk and installed tents.
A heavy contingent of police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) were dolloped to deal with possible situations and installed barbed wire on the road.
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Thousands of people including women and children gathered on Sunday in Islamabad for the largest pro-Palestine rally in Pakistan since Israel’s war on Gaza began this October.
Protests also happened in other cities across the world on Sunday as attendees expressed considerable anger at the perceived inaction of the international community in stopping Israel’s bombardments.
Thousands of keffiyeh-clad demonstrators also turned up in Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut, Lebanon, showing solidarity with the Palestinians – especially those trapped in Gaza amid increasing tension on the Lebanon-Israel border, with Hezbollah fighters and the Israeli military exchanging fire.
Police said more than 5,000 people have demonstrated in Athens, Greece, calling for an end to the massacre of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The cities of Casablanca, Morocco and Madrid, Spain also saw large numbers of people marching in support of Palestinians.
