(24 Dec 2023)
PAKISTAN GAZA PROTEST
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karachi, Pakistan - 24 December 2023
1. Various demonstrators on bikes carrying Palestinian flags while taking part in a rally in support of people of Gaza
2. Women holding Palestinian flags taking part in rally
3. Various of protesters carrying flags while chanting, UPSOUND: "Israel will only be defeated through Jihad"
4. Banner reading (English): "Stand up for Gaza"
5. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, religious party Jamaat-e-Islami's Karachi chief:
"It is a question for all the nations of the world to ponder. Thousands of children have been killed. More than 21,000 people have been killed (The death toll roughly stands at 20,400 Palestinians). Millions have been displaced from their homes. What is the U.S. doing? What is Europe doing? What is the U.N. doing? They are not playing their role. These big powers are responsible for the lawlessness in the world. America must stop backing Israel. It must make Israel cease fire completely."
6. Women holding banner reading: "Gaza labor march"
7. Protester
8. Various of protesters waving Palestinian flags
9. Banner reading: "Salute to Hamas mujahideen (fighters)”
10. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Khalid Khan, protester:
"It is not only Israel that is oppressing Palestinians but all the nations of the world have turned against Palestine. This includes Muslim countries too. They are silent. In fact, they are one way or another supporting Israel.”
11. Various of protesters
STORYLINE:
Protesters in Karachi rallied on Sunday to express their solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where weeks of brutal war have taken a heavy toll.
"Stand up for Gaza," read one of the banners in the rally, which featured dozens of protesters waving Palestinian flags.
"America must stop backing Israel. It must make Israel cease fire completely," said Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, the Karachi cheif of the Jamaat-e-Islami religious party.
The latest conflict between Israel and Hamas is by far the deadliest and most destructive of their five wars since the militant group seized the Gaza Strip in 2007.
The war sparked when Hamas-led militants stormed communities in southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 and taking 240 hostage.
Since then, Israel has unleashed thousands of airstrikes and waged a fierce ground offensive, flattening entire neighborhoods.
The war has devastated parts of the Gaza Strip, killed roughly 20,400 Palestinians and displaced nearly 85% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people.
Khalid Khan, a protester in the Karachi rally, said he was disappointed in the global response to the war including the role played by some Muslim countries.
"All the nations of the world have turned against Palestine. This includes Muslim countries too. They are silent. In fact, they are one way or another supporting Israel," he said.
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Production: Muhammad Farooq
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