Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Thousands attend pro-Hamas march in Istanbul to protest killing of Haniyeh
Thousands of pro-Hamas protesters march through the streets of central Istanbul to protest the killing of the Palestinian terror group’s leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital of Tehran in an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fueled further concern that the conflict in Gaza is turning into a wider Middle East war.
The demonstrators hold posters with Haniyeh’s photos and banners reading, “Martyr Haniyeh, Jerusalem is our cause and your path is our path.”
Protesters are chanting “murderer Israel, get out of Palestine” and “thousands of greetings from Istanbul to the resistance in Gaza,” while waving Turkish and Palestinian flags during the march in the Fatih district of Istanbul.
