JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli participants in a nationalist march through a Palestinian area of Jerusalem chanted “death to Arabs” on Wednesday, stoking already surging tensions as the war in Gaza rages.
JERUSALEM — Israeli participants in a nationalist march through a Palestinian area of Jerusalem chanted “death to Arabs” on Wednesday, stoking already surging tensions as the war in Gaza rages.
The march in the past has helped fuel violence, including helping to set off an 11-day war with Hamas three years ago.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. The current war began with Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into southern Israel, in which militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250 hostages. Israel responded with a massive offensive that has killed over 36,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, displaced most of the territory's population and caused widespread destruction.
In past years, police have forcibly cleared Palestinians from the parade route, and large crowds of mostly ultranationalist youth have chanted “Death to Arabs,” “May your village burn” and other offensive slogans. The police say they are deploying 3,000 security personnel to ensure calm. Before the march kicked off, crowds of young Israelis moved through the Damascus Gate, a central gathering place for Palestinians in the heart of historic Jerusalem. Just inside, dozens surrounded and threw plastic bottles at a journalist wearing a vest with the word PRESS emblazoned on it. They scuffled with police officers who tried to contain them.
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