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Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters expected to gather in DC as Israel pounds Gaza

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Demonstrators are coming from across the nation to protest Israel's bombardment of the Gaza strip after Hamas attacks.

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters expected to gather in DC as Israel pounds Gaza

"The main goal of everyone right now is a cease-fire," Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told USA TODAY. "You can't do anything without a cease-fire − you can't do humanitarian aid, you can't treat the wounded, you can't even remove bodies until there's a cease-fire."
"Nothing should get in the way of a humanitarian cease-fire."

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