This footage was filmed and produced 15 December 2023.

A protest calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza ended after the group blocked traffic on I-76 westbound and the Spring Garden Street Bridge in Philadelphia on Thursday evening. The protest, which involved roughly 150 people, lasted about three hours.

Initially, the protesters, organized by the group Jewish Voice for Peace, blocked traffic on I-76 right before rush hour traffic.

Interim Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Stanford said the protesters drove in cars to get on the highway, got out of them and blocked traffic.

Stanford said city officers assisted Pennsylvania State Police in arresting roughly 32 people who were blocking the highway. He added the protesters will be cited for blocking I-76.

One protester said blocking the highway was necessary to get their message across.