Tens of thousands of Palestinians rally in support of war-torn Gaza on Monday as they gathered to pray at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque at the start of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
Police put the number of worshipers at 45,000 people, with an AFP correspondent saying many were dressed in black T-shirts emblazoned with slogans reading “Gaza, supporting you is our Eid” and “We are all Gaza.”
Others wore T-shirts proclaiming support for Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad Din al-Qassam Brigades, which has been locked in a 21-day confrontation with Israeli troops in Gaza.
The conflict has so far claimed 1,036 lives in Gaza, many of them gunmen, and 46 in Israel.
Among the crowds was a young child on someone’s shoulders holding up a plastic gun.
“Kidnap more soldiers!” they chanted. “Our blood for Gaza.”
Police distanced themselves from the crowd which soon dispersed without incident, the correspondent said.
— AFP
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