The police estimated participation at 25,000 people.
Thousands of demonstrators marched across the bridge in Sydney, Australia, to protest the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip and pointed out the terrible situation in this Palestinian enclave. TASR writes about this, according to DPA citing Australian media.
The police estimated the participation at 25,000. She pointed out the demonstrators before the march that she would intervene in case of any violence. However, no incidents immediately report from the place.
Strong rain and politicians
Thousands of people came to the Sydney Harbor Bridge Bridge despite heavy rain and wind, the Australian news agency AAP said. Several politicians, many of them from the ruling Australian Labor Party (ALP), also attended the protest event. The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange also came.
Chris Mins, Prime Minister of the Regional Government of the most populous Australian State, New South Wales, in which Sydney also lies, spoke against the march. He was afraid that this largest Australian city could protest into chaos.
Criticism of the Israeli government
On the other hand, former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr participated in the march. In his words, the Australians wish the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cease the humanitarian blockade of the Gaza Strip and end the killing and starvation of the inhabitants of this Palestinian enclave.
The war in the Palestinian enclave unleashed the attack of terrorist mosquitoes connected to the Palestinian militant Hamas movement of October 2023. Their invasion in Israel required the death of 1,219 people, mostly civilians. At the same time, the militants captured and dragged dozens of hostages to Gaza from Israel, of which about 50 still detain, although many of them believe the Israeli authorities believe that they are no longer alive.
After the attack, the Israeli army triggered an extensive offensive in the Gaza Strip, in which more than 60,000 people have lost their lives, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health in this territory administered by Hamas, which the UN considers reliable.
