PESHAWAR
\nIn a powerful display of solidarity, hundreds of women and children took to the streets of Peshawar on Wednesday as part of a \u201cSave Gaza\u201d march organized by the women\u2019s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI).
\nThe demonstrators condemned Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Gaza and denounced U.S. support for what speakers described as a brutal campaign of violence against Palestinian civilians.
\nOn the call of Ameer JI Pakistan, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman a protest, which began at the Hashtnagri and proceeded along the city\u2019s busy GT Road before culminating at the Ashraf Road commercial hub, drew large crowds holding Palestinian flags, placards, and banners.
\nMany bore slogans decrying Israel\u2019s airstrikes and criticizing the international community\u2019s silence. In a symbolic gesture, children at the front of the procession carried mock coffins wrapped in white shrouds, representing Palestinian children killed in the conflict.
\nLeading the march were senior JI leaders, including Abdul Wasi, Ameer Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Central, Bahrullah Khan,Ameer Peshawar district, former parliamentarians, members of the women\u2019s wing, and other party officials also joined the procession.
\nThe protest also condemned Israel\u2019s recent resumption of airstrikes during the holy month of Ramadan, following a short-lived ceasefire aimed at facilitating a prisoner exchange with Hamas. \u201cGaza is now gasping for its last breath,\u201d Bahrullah Khan said.
\nCriticism was also directed at Muslim-majority governments for what the speakers called \u201ccriminal silence\u201d in the face of repeated violations of ceasefire agreements.
\nThey warned that if the U.S. fails to restrain Israel, JI will stage an indefinite sit-in protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad on April 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR In a powerful display of solidarity, hundreds of women and children took to the streets of Peshawar on Wednesday as part of a \u201cSave Gaza\u201d march organized by the women\u2019s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). The demonstrators condemned Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Gaza and denounced U.S. support for what speakers described as a brutal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-471895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n