Demonstrators march on Capital City Dhaka to express their solidarity with Palestinians.
Human chain and Large demonstrations have held under the banners of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat in big cities around Bangladesh in condemnation of Israel’s actions at occupying Palestinian. Demonstrators on Thursday also rallied to denounce the ongoing crackdown at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, as well as Israeli plans to forcefully expel Palestinians from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem.
Some protesters carried banners reading “Free Palestine”,“Free Al Quds”,“Israel is a terrorist state”, and “Occupation No More”.
Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat activists urged to world Muslim leadership to form an United Muslim Army to stop barbaric attack on Palestinians by occupying Israeli forces.
In Chittagong, protesters took to the streets to denounce Israel's deadly air raids on Gaza.
At least 48 Palestinians have been killed and 305 others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Five Israelis have also been killed and 45 others injured in Palestinian rocket attacks.
Tensions have spilled over the Palestinian territories after Israeli police stormed the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East Jerusalem and assaulted worshippers.Palestinians since last week have been protesting an Israeli court ruling on eviction of Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem amid attacks by Israeli forces.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and annexed the entire city in 1980, in a move that has never been recognized by the international community.
