(30 Nov 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rome, Italy - 30 November 2024
1. Wide of demonstrators walking in front of the Colosseum
2. Close of a banner saying “Resistance is not terrorism”
3. Various of demonstrators waving banners and flags in the streets of Rome
4. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Cosimo Trisafio, protester:
“Someone would like that this would be the last of Palestine. This will never happen as long as there is one Palestinian alive, as long as we are alive that single piece of land will be Palestine. This is why we are here and I believe everyone should be here.”
5. Wide of demonstrators waving Palestinian flags
6. Close of a banner reading (English) “All I want for Christmas is (with picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind bars) Netanyahu is a terrorist, arrest him now”
7. Various of demonstrators walking in the streets of Rome
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Micheal Leonardi, protester:
“We are in a terrible moment all over the West. We are facing fascist international fascism now. We are facing Elon Musk deciding what’s gonna happen in the world. Here we are to show some form of, what I say, mild resistance, but this resistance has to grow, it has to become more disruptive, it has to have the capability to shut down business as usual, until our governments stop being complicit with this genocide.”
9. Wide of the demostration in the streets of Rome
10. Close of a banner reading (Italian) “Stop genocide”
11. Various of demonstrators waving flags and banners in the streets
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Rome on Saturday to show their solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
A protester held up a poster showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind bars.
The violence in Gaza continues to rage even as a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to be holding, despite sporadic episodes that have tested its fragility.
The Gaza Health Ministry said over 44,000 people as of mid-November 2024 had been killed in the Israeli offensive.
The Health Ministry has said over half the dead have been women and children.
The Israeli army says some 17,000 militants have been killed, but it has given little evidence to support this figure.
The United Nations estimates that 90% of Gaza's population has been displaced, often multiple times.
Palestinians in Gaza have been subject to evacuation orders that have moved the population into densely packed areas, including into what Israel calls a humanitarian zone.
The civilian humanitarian crisis in the enclave has deepened, with shortages of food, shelter and access to clean water in the wartime conditions.
In November a U.N.-backed panel of experts warned that “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future,” and said conditions were worse in the north, where Israel continues to fight Hamas.
Hamas-led militants stormed out of the Gaza Strip into nearby Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which coincided with a major Jewish holiday.
The attack killed some 1,200 people, most of them civilians.
It stunned Israel and caught its military and intelligence apparatus off guard.
Some 250 people, including children, were captured by Hamas and other groups and taken into Gaza.
Israel immediately launched airstrikes on Gaza, followed by a broad ground offensive that is ongoing.
Israel has vowed to press ahead until it realizes its goals of destroying Hamas' military and governing capabilities, bringing home all hostages and ensuring that Hamas never again poses a threat to Israel.
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