- Title: Pakistanis rally in support of Palestinians, burn US and Israeli flags
- Date: 8th October 2023
- Summary: KARACHI, PAKISTAN (OCTOBER 8, 2023) (REUTERS) PROTEST LEADER SPEAKING AS PROTESTERS GATHER BEHIND, SOME STEPPING ON ISRAELI FLAG CHILDREN STANDING ON ISRAELI FLAG AS PROTESTERS CHANTING RELIGIOUS SLOGANS VARIOUS OF CHILDREN HOLDING PALESTINIAN FLAGS AND PLACARDS READING (Urdu) "AL AQSA FLOOD OPERATION” VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS BURNING ISRAELI AND U.S FLAGS PROTESTERS (SOUNDBI
- Embargoed: 22nd October 2023 22:35
- Keywords: US gaza israel pakistan palestinians rally
- Location: KARACHI, PAKISTAN
- City: KARACHI, PAKISTAN
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001811308102023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Scores of protesters gathered at a rally in Pakistan’s biggest city on Sunday (October 8) to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, after Israel pounded the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, killing hundreds.
Israel was acting in retaliation for one of the bloodiest attacks in its history, when Islamist group Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns on Saturday, killing 700 Israelis and abducting dozens more.
In one protest, organised by a group called Palestine Foundation Pakistan outside Karachi Press Club, the protesters stepped on and burned U.S. and Israeli flags.
In another protest in the evening, organised by a Shi’ite group Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM), men and women marched through the streets, holding Palestinian flags and pictures of Shi’ite leaders.
Pakistan has no diplomatic relations with Israel.
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