Hundreds of thousands of people rally in Jakarta through the city centre in support of Palestinians


People take part in a mass rally in support of Palestinians in Jakarta on Sunday, Nov 5, 2023. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. - AFP

JAKARTA (Bernama): Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in the capital of Indonesia on Sunday to show their solidarity with the Palestinian people and denounce Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians.

The gathering, organised by various groups in the Indonesian People’s Alliance for Palestine, began with a march through the city and assembled at the National Monument in the heart of Merdeka Square.

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