ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — As thousands gathered in southern Israel on Tuesday to commemorate victims on the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack…
As thousands gathered in southern Israel on Tuesday to commemorate victims on the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, protesters in Indonesia rallied to condemn the war in Gaza — a conflict that has devastated the territory, claimed tens of thousands of lives and spilled violence across the Middle East.
More than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched to the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta to denounce Israel’s blockade of Gaza and the detention of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla that tried to break through the siege last week.
Chanting “Free free Palestine” and waving flags, demonstrators called for the activists’ release and condemned two years of Israeli military action in Gaza.
Authorities in Indonesia — the world’s most populous Muslim majority nation and one that has no formal ties with Israel — deployed over 1,000 police to secure the embassy.
Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 people in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that came during a major Jewish holiday.
