Calgary’s city hall was the site for a pair of rallies from citizens supporting the Israeli and Palestinian sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Monday.
The rallies come on the same day Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel and other supplies Monday in retaliation for a bloody incursion by Hamas militants, as the war’s death toll rose to nearly 1,600 on both sides. Hamas also escalated, pledging to kill captured Israelis if attacks targeted civilians without warnings.
The Israeli military said it had largely gained control in the south after the attack caught its military and intelligence apparatus completely off guard and led to fierce battles in its streets for the first time in decades. Hamas and other militants in Gaza say they are holding more than 130 soldiers and civilians snatched from inside Israel.On Sunday, Israel made a formal declaration of war, evacuating thousands of Israelis from more than a dozen towns and summoning its 300,000 reservists.
“My father was kicked out of his house. My family was killed 75 years ago. And it’s continuing till now,” said Belal Hoseh while carrying his child on his shoulder.Wesam Khaled of Justice for Palestinians Calgary said the last seven decades of tension, dating back to the creation of Israel as a modern state, is a better context for recent events.
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