DHAKA, Bangladesh — Tens of thousands of protesters rally in Bangladesh’s capital to condemn Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip.
The protesters, estimated at some 100,000, gather at the Suhrawardy Park in the Dhaka University area. They carry hundreds of Palestinian flags and chant slogans such as “Free, Free Palestine.”
Many among them beat the images of US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing them of backing Israel. Symbolic coffins and effigies representing civilian casualties are carried during the rally.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, headed by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, and Islamist groups and parties express their solidarity with the rally.
Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 170 million people, maintains no diplomatic relations with Israel, and it officially supports an independent Palestine.
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