Around 500 people paid tribute to the Palestinian and Lebanese victims in front of the Brussels Stock Exchange.
A memorial vigil for the Palestinian and Lebanese victims brought together some 500 people on Monday evening, according to the Brussels police, in front of the Brussels Stock Exchange.
This mobilization was finally authorized by the City of Brussels, after a request by the organizers – the collective “United for Palestine” – to the Council of State to denounce the “informal refusals” against these gatherings at the Stock Exchange.
From 8:00 p.m., the candles lit up the square while the first sounds echoed “Free, free Palestine”. In an atmosphere clearly charged with emotion, the crowd then observed a minute of silence. “Until Palestine is free, we will fight alongside it against the oppressor”insisted a demonstrator.
A year ago, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack in Israeli territory, leaving some 1,205 dead and 251 hostages. Since the Israeli offensive launched in retaliation, entire sectors of the Gaza Strip have been reduced to ruins, almost all of its 2.4 million inhabitants have been displaced and at least 41,909 Palestinians have been killed there, in majority of civilians, according to data from the Hamas government’s Ministry of Health, deemed reliable by the UN.
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), more than 14,100 Gazan children have lost their lives and at least 10,000 people, “probably under the rubble”are missing.
The vigil also paid tribute to the Lebanese victims of the Israeli bombings carried out against Hezbollah in Lebanon since September 23, particularly in the Bekaa region and in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Since October 2023, more than 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon, including more than a thousand since the intensification of Israeli bombings on September 23, according to the country’s authorities. Around 1.2 million people have been displaced.
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