Police arrest scores of protesters at Delhi vigil for Palestine
On Friday, around 50 pro-Palestine protesters who had gathered at the Jantar Mantar to demonstrate against the Israel-Hamas conflict have been detained by the Delhi Police.
The police said the detained protesters were taken to a nearby police station as they did not have permission for agitation. Further details are awaited.
Israel has vowed to wipe out Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, in response to the latter’s October 7 attacks on Israel in which 1,400 people were killed and more than 220 were taken hostage.
In a televised address on Wednesday, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel is “preparing for a ground incursion” into Gaza following nearly three weeks of airstrikes on the coastal strip.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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The first demand has to be immediate and unconditional release of the hostages held by HAMAS. Any other priority is legitimizing the hostage taking, torturing, raping, burning live individuals, killing babies in front of parents and parents in front of the babies/children. Identify the the protestors and charge them for supporting the genocide.