Thousands of Cubans marched in Havana to express their solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and denounce Israel’s military operation, reports Al Jazeera.
On Monday (Local Time), the Cubans, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist-run island hold the solidarity march.
The demonstrators, including some 250 Palestinian medical students living in Cuba, carried a large banner that read, “Long live free Palestine”, while the president and his allies wore traditional keffiyeh scarves.
“We are here to support the just claim of the Palestinian people, for their sovereignty, their freedom … and against the genocidal crusade that Israel practices towards the Palestinian people,” said Michel Marino, a 20-year-old international relations student.
Mohammed Suwan, a Palestinian student in Cuba, addressed the crowd, saying that “the world remains paralyzed and unable to stop this tragedy” in Gaza and the West Bank.
They were to hold the march on October 7 marking the anniversary of the war in Gaza, but it was postponed due to Hurricane Milton, which lashed Cuba and Florida last week.
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