About 300 people marched through downtown Nanaimo on Saturday, Nov. 4 calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s escalating war against Hamas in Gaza. It was part of a national day of action that saw protests take place in two dozen cities in Canada.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, over 4,000 children have been killed since the start of Israel’s attack on Gaza following an attack by Hamas into Israel on Oct. 7. The ministry says over 8,000 children have been injured and 1,250 are missing.
On Monday, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said that “Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children.”
The Hamas attack on Oct. 7 killed 1,400 Israelis, many of them civilans including children, and over 200 people were captured and are being held by militants in Gaza.