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Thousands Flood to NY Streets: End ’Israeli’ Assault on Gaza

Thousands Flood to NY Streets: End ’Israeli’ Assault on Gaza
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Thousands of people took to the streets of New York City on Friday evening to protest "Israel's" aggression the besieged Gaza Strip and demand an end to the massacre that has already martyred nearly 850 Palestinians.

Thousands Flood to NY Streets: End ’Israeli’ Assault on GazaPolice scrambled to corral the demonstrators, which officers estimated numbered between 2,000 and 3,000, as they flooded into the busy streets around Times Square.

Waving Palestinian flags and signs condemning "Israel" for the aggression, the protesters called for an end to US aid to the Zionist entity.

"We're trying to break the siege and end the killing in Palestine. We just want them to live like human beings," said Ramsey Jamal, 37, a Palestinian-American from Montgomery, New York.

On his shoulders sat his 8-year-old son, Moses, who carried a placard reading: ""Israel" I'm just a kid. Please don't kill me," alongside marks resembling a child's bloody handprints.

In New York City, the crowd marched through the bustling evening streets of Midtown Manhattan chanting "Free, free Palestine!" and "1,2,3,4, stop the killing, stop the war!"

Raya Karzoun, a 21-year-old Palestinian-American nursing student, traveled from Milford, Connecticut, to join in.
She said her parents fled the Gaza Strip decades ago after similar "Israeli" attacks, and that she was heartbroken when she heard of the most recent offensive.

"We're protesting to free Gaza," Karzoun said, wearing a Palestinian flag like a shawl. "Even though I don't live in that country, the country lives in me."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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