Demonstrators calling for Gaza ceasefire block bridge in Boston

BOSTON — Demonstrators searching for a cease-fire in Gaza blocked site visitors on the Boston College bridge throughout rush hour Thursday morning, stopping site visitors for greater than two hours.

The group of about 100 folks chanted “Stop-fire now!” and held a banner with the phrases “Jews say: ceasefire now” in the course of the protest amid an Israeli floor offensive in Gaza that adopted Hamas-led assaults in Israel on Oct. 7. Demonstrators additionally held indicators that stated, “Let Gaza Reside.” The bridge connects Boston and Cambridge.

Activists had been demanding that Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts help a direct cease-fire and use her affect to cease the Israeli authorities’s army motion. Her workplace had no fast remark.

Boston police had been on the scene of the protest, which was organized by IfNotNow, a gaggle that claims it represents members of Boston’s Jewish group. The demonstration wrapped up by mid-morning.

Elizabeth Weinbloom, a spokesperson, stated the group desires greater than a measured phrases from Warren.

“We are able to’t await her to make sluggish, incremental steps to urgent for a cease-fire. We want that now,” Weinbloom stated. “So we’re taking disruptive and inconvenient motion. We want Sen. Warren take disruptive and inconvenient motion to finish this conflict.”

The protest got here as Israeli forces dropped leaflets warning Palestinians to flee elements of southern Gaza, residents stated Thursday, signaling a potential growth of the Israeli offensive.

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