Protesters Carry Coffins In Sweden Over War In Gaza, Lebanon
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#Issues #Gaza #Israel #Lebanon #Protest #Sweden ©October 15th, 2024 ®October 16, 2024 9:11 am Group of protesters in Sweden last week carried coffins on their heads, matching the streets, demanding an end to ongoing war in Gaza, Lebanon and for Isreal to stop alleged killing of innocent children in the affected countries. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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00:00Group of protesters in Sweden last week carried coffins on their heads, marching the streets,
00:06demanding an end to ongoing war in Gaza, Lebanon and for Israel to stop alleged killing of
00:12innocent children in the affected countries.
00:16The mock coffins carried by the protesters in Stockholm, Sweden were mainly that of children
00:21allegedly killed by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon.
00:25Israel has been in war with the Palestinian fighters, Hamas after the Hamas fighters invaded
00:31southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing more than a thousand of Israeli residents
00:37with another set of thousands injured and took away hundreds of other people as hostages.
00:43Israel has since responded with full military operation, causing huge devastation and humanitarian
00:49destructions in the Palestinian Gaza Strip with more than 40,000 people killed in exchange,
00:55according to Gaza Health Ministry.
00:58In late September, 2024, Israel extended its military operations to Lebanon, killing thousands
01:05of people which the Israeli authority claimed the attacks were targeted at Hezbollah members
01:11and leaders.
01:12Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters silently marched the streets while carrying coffins
01:17above their heads in Stockholm, Sweden, to show solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon.
01:24The protesters carried symbolic coffins as a part of their demonstration in memory of
01:29the nearly 17,000 Palestinian children who have been killed thus far, according to local
01:35media.
01:36Another group of protesters also in Malmö, Sweden, marched in support of Palestine and
01:42Lebanon, condemning Israeli aggression.
01:45Reuters had reported that Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg had accused German
01:52police of overly heavy-handed tactics in breaking up a pro-Palestinian camp ahead of
01:57her planned visit.
01:59Police dismantled the site in the western German city of Dortmund a day earlier after
02:04an announcement from Thunberg that she planned to go to the protest camp.
02:09Police said they would arrest me if I went there, Thunberg tweeted on Ex on Wednesday.
02:15All this just because the students had invited me to speak at their event, and I had been
02:21to a pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin the day before that police had stormed.
02:28Germany is threatening and silencing activists who speak out against the genocide and occupation,
02:33she said.
02:34Thunberg has repeatedly expressed her solidarity with Palestinians and accused Israel of genocide
02:41in recent months.
02:42Israel has strongly rejected such accusations after South Africa brought a case to the International
02:49Court of Justice last year accusing Israel of breaking the 1948 Genocide Convention.
02:56While preliminary hearings have already been held in the case, the court is expected to
03:01take years to reach a final decision.
03:04Dortmund officials said the decision was made, among other things, because Thunberg's appearance
03:10would probably have attracted more people to the protest camp than originally allowed.
03:16Police said they had taken down the camp, which had been in place for several months,
03:22in a peaceful manner, with several protesters present.
03:26Since the Hamas attack on Israel a year ago and with Israel's subsequent military action
03:31in the Gaza Strip, Thunberg has regularly attended pro-Palestinian rallies, Reuters
03:37stated.