Demonstrations, marches and memorials around the world mark a year of war since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel.
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A crowd walked through the streets of Barcelona, Jakarta, Sydney and other cities this Sunday (6), marking one year since the attacks, which killed around 1200 people in Israel, according to Israeli authorities. The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to the local Ministry of Health, and created a huge humanitarian crisis.
“We must express that we are against genocide. The least we should all do is protest in every capital in the world,” Miguel Verdugo, a 72-year-old protester in Barcelona, told Reuters.
“Violence does not happen in a vacuum. The occupation, the apartheid that has been happening in Israel of the Palestinian people, the siege of Gaza, the absolutely illegal settlement, the brutality in the West Bank, must stop”, highlighted protester Sam Gazal to Reuters in Sydney.
There were also tributes and memorials to the victims of Hamas attacks in cities around the world.
Events were held in Berlin, Paris, London and Israel on Sunday, while the pope led a prayer for peace in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
In Berlin, hundreds of people demonstrated under the slogan “united against Hamas’ crimes against Israelis and Palestinians”, Reuters reported.
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal spoke at the event in Berlin, according to information from Reuters. “We will never forget them. We are together with them and we pray to God that the hostages return home now”, he commented on the victims of October 7th.
In Tel Aviv, people held a vigil in Hostage Square. There will also be a memorial this Sunday night at the site of the Supernova music festival, with families of the victims in attendance.
Understand the conflict in the Gaza Strip
Israel has carried out intense airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since last year, after Hamas invaded the country and killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli counts. Furthermore, the radical group holds dozens of hostages.
Hamas does not recognize Israel as a state and claims Israeli territory for Palestine.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly promised to destroy Hamas’ military capabilities and recover people detained in Gaza.
In addition to the air offensive, the Israeli Army carries out land incursions into Palestinian territory. This caused much of Gaza’s population to be displaced.
The UN and several humanitarian institutions have warned of a catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, with a lack of food, medicine and the spread of diseases.
After about a year of the conflict, the Israeli population took to the streets in protests against Netanyahu, accusing the prime minister of failing to reach a ceasefire agreement so that the hostages could be released.
This content was originally published in Demonstrations mark one year of the war between Israel and Hamas on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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