Thousands brave Sydney heatwave conditions to demand ceasefire in Gaza in week 15 of protests

Protesters took aim at foreign minister Penny Wong and prime minister Anthony Albanese and said they would ‘continue to chant for a liberated Palestine’

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Widad Waqqad, 20, has been attending demonstrations for Palestine since she was a young girl. This Sunday was no different, as she joined hundreds of others in Sydney’s Hyde Park despite the 34C heat.

Sunday marked the 15th pro-Palestine rally in Sydney since 7 October, with thousands gathering in demonstrations across the country demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. When Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, it killed about 1,200 people and abducted some 250 others. Since then, more than 24,000 Palestinians have been killed, including thousands of children, in Israeli bombardments.

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