Protests have broken out across Egypt in response to Israel’s continued bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the lack of access for Palestinians to humanitarian aid. Egyptians in various governorates took to the streets on 18 October to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the enclave that have persisted for the past 12 days. “If I ask the Egyptians to express their views, then you will see millions of Egyptians ready to demonstrate their rejection of the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza,” Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi stated in a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on 18 October. In the governorates of Kafr El-Sheikh, Sharqia, Dakahlia, and Giza thousands of residents participated in marches to condemn Israel’s ongoing bombing of the Gaza sector. Demonstrators also expressed their support for Egypt’s position on the current crisis in Gaza. https://twitter.com/CBCEgypt/status/1714639070800777679?t=R6KdUXkAq7Yo7xClOLHSqA&s=19 Students from Cairo, Fayoum, Alexandria, Mansourah, and Menoufiya Universities organized solidarity rallies in their respective campuses to denounce the shelling of Al Ahly Arab Hospital in Gaza, which has led to the death of more than 500 Palestinians,…
Thousands of Egyptians Take to the Streets to Protest Israel’s Assault on Gaza
October 18, 2023
