As many as a thousand demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian rally in L.A. called for a cease-fire two days before the anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack in Israel.
Hundreds of demonstrators held a pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, chanting 'Free Palestine' and 'Long live the intifada' as they protested Israel's war in Gaza and Lebanon while marching from Pershing Square to City Hall. The demonstration came two days before the anniversary of Oct. 7, when Hamas militants in Gaza attacked Israel, killing an estimated 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 250 hostages.
The scene was filled with Palestinian and Lebanese flags. Speakers called for an end to U.S. aid to Israel and a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon. At City Hall, a protest leader led the crowd in a chant of 'There is only one solution, intifada revolution!' Banners read 'End the Siege of Gaza' and 'Hands Off Yemen.' Police were not a conspicuous presence at the rally, nor was the presence of counterprotesters.
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