Sydney protesters denounce genocidal Israeli war in Gaza

Thousands of demonstrators have converged on Sydney's city center, denouncing what they call Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.

In the last year alone, over 45,000 Palestinians have been killed, among them, 6000 women and 11,000 children.

• Sydney protesters denounce genocidal war on Gaza
  

  Sydney protesters denounce genocidal war on Gaza

  Sydney’s city centre has once again become a bastion of resilience and defiance, with thousands rallying to demand justice for Palestine.

Pro-Palestine activists say the atrocities go beyond the battlefield. They say Israel is attempting to erase generations of Palestinian identity.

I saw one statistic that said that in 2024 Israel killed, on average, 48 children every single day, every single day.

And of course, all of these official statistics that we have are a massive underestimate. They only record those directly killed through bombings or gunfire.

They don't include the many, many, many tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, more Palestinians, on top of that that have been killed through deliberate policies of starvation, of destruction of the medical system, of disease, again caused by Israel's actions. 

Josh Lee, Palestine Action Group

• Cape Town medics protest Israeli assault on hospitals
  

  Cape Town medics protest Israeli assault on hospitals

  South African health workers are drawing attention to the trauma and crisis in Gaza

At the heart of the protests is the demand for the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza, abducted by Israeli forces.

Health professionals leading the rallies are calling for immediate accountability, describing this as a targeted attack on Gaza's already collapsing healthcare system.

My healthcare colleagues in Gaza have had to turn to social media channels to beg for help from the West, because our government is not doing what it should do.

We're signatories to the Geneva Convention and what's happening in Gaza, to the Gaza healthcare system, and the Gaza healthcare workers, is a war crime.

Australian Healthcare Protestor 01

Protesters say Israel's actions have devastated not just lives, but entire generations.

Gaza remains under a crippling blockade, cutting survivors off from basic necessities. The systematic destruction of homes, schools and hospitals has left those who lived through the bombing struggling to rebuild their shattered lives.

• Israeli lawmakers call on military to destroy food, water and power sources in Gaza
  

  Israeli lawmakers call on military to destroy food, water and power sources in Gaza

  Eight members of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) have called on the minister of military affairs to order the destruction of all sources of water, food and energy in northern Gaza to ensure Hamas’ defeat.

As starvation looms in Gaza, Sydney demonstrators are demanding urgent international intervention.

With food and medical supplies blocked, children are dying of hunger, and families are forced to ration scraps of bread.

Protesters warn that the global silence in the face of this humanitarian disaster has made the world complicit in genocide.

For over 70 Sundays Sydney residents have gathered to demand justice and show unwavering support for Palestine.

The protests are raising a pressing question; when will the world finally break its silence on what many call the worst genocide of our times and when will international organizations, like the UN, take action to stop the massacre in Gaza?

• Israel has killed 1,000 babies in Gaza since October 2023
  

  Israel has killed 1,000 babies in Gaza since October 2023: Official figures

  Israeli forces have slaughtered more than 1,000 infants in the Gaza Strip over the past 15 months, the Gaza Media Office says.

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