(6 Oct 2024)
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Berlin – 6 October
1. Various of pro-Israeli rally with police monitoring, UPSOUND (English) "Bring them home now!"
2. Close of people carrying posters of hostages, Israeli flag and and Iran’s lion and sun flag
3. Various of march, people draped in Israeli flags, UPSOUND (English) "Bring them home now!"
4. Close of people standing with Israeli flags and Iran’s lion and sun flag
5. Wide of people carrying Israeli flag, UPSOUND (English) "Tomorrow is already one year since what happened to the Israeli people on the 7th of October."
6. Wide of protest and police on street
STORYLINE:
A Pro-Israeli rally was held in Berlin on Sunday, a day after Jews across the world were observing Rosh Hashana, or the Jewish new year on Saturday.
This year, emotions were high for many given that the midpoint of the 10 days spanning Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur is Oct. 7 — the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack that killed 1,200 Israelis and triggered the ongoing war in Gaza.
The march was scheduled from the Brandenburg Gate to Bebelplatz in Berlin.
Some demonstrators waved Iran’s lion and sun flag, an emblem of its former ruler, the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
On Saturday, local media reported that security forces warned of potential overload because of the scale of protests. German authorities pointed to increasing antisemitic and violent incidents in recent days.
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters also took to the streets in major European cities and around the globe Saturday to call for a cease-fire as the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel approached.
Huge rallies were held in several European cities, with gatherings expected to continue over the weekend and peak on Monday, the date of the anniversary.
On Oct. 7 last year, Hamas launched a surprise attack into Israel, killing 1,200 Israelis, taking 250 people hostage and setting off a war with Israel that has shattered much of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since then in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between fighters and civilians.
Nearly 100 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza, with fewer than 70 believed to be alive. Israelis have experienced attacks — missiles from Iran and Hezbollah, explosive drones from Yemen, fatal shootings and stabbings — as the region braces for further escalation.
In late September, Israel shifted some of its focus to Hezbollah, which it seeks to push back from its border in parts of south Lebanon where the group is entrenched.
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