Over a thousand Sydney residents marched in solidarity with Palestinians at a ‘Free Palestine: No war on Gaza’ rally, hours before the Sydney Opera House lit up in blue and white for Israel.
Protesters marched to the Sydney Opera House and voiced their anger at the situation in Gaza and the Australian government’s support of Israel. Flares were lit and some thrown at the stairs in front of the Sydney Opera House as the blue and white projection on the sails was delayed by over half an hour.
Fighters from Islamist group Hamas killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more as they attacked Israel on Saturday (October 7), the deadliest incursion into Israeli territory since Egypt and Syria’s attacks in the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago.
In response, Israeli air strikes hit housing blocks, tunnels, a mosque and homes of Hamas officials in Gaza on Sunday (October 8), killing more than 400 people, including 20 children, in keeping with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow of “mighty vengeance.”
(Source: Reuters)
