Thousands join pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland, chant call for Israel’s elimination
Tens of thousands took part in a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel march in Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, on Saturday, in what organizers said was the largest rally of its kind since the war in Gaza began between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas.
Some 50,000 attended the March for Humanity rally in central Auckland on Saturday morning, the Aotearoa for Palestine group said. New Zealand police estimated the attendance at 20,000.
Aotearoa for Palestine spokesperson Arama Rata said it was New Zealand’s largest march in support of Palestinians since the conflict broke out in Gaza with the Hamas-led cross-border massacre in which terrorists killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped 251 hostages on October 7, 2023.
The Hamas-run Health Ministry has said that more than 64,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Gaza — though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters — while humanitarian organizations say a........
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