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US: Silent protest at US Capitol calls for ceasefire, humanitarian support in Gaza

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SHOTLIST: WASHINGTON DC, US (APRIL 30, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF ACTIVISTS WEARING MASKS STAGING SILENT PROTEST OUTSIDE US CAPITOL BUILDING / PROTESTERS CARRYING BANNERS, PALESTINIAN FLAGS, SHROUDED BABY MODELSWASHINGTON DC, US - APRIL 30, 2025: A group of pro-Palestine activists held a silent demonstration outside the Capitol Building on Wednesday, April 30, to demand a ceasefire and an urgent humanitarian action for Gaza. Wearing masks and Palestinian symbolic keffiyehs, the protesters carried anti-Israel and anti-US banners. "Israeli drones are targeting and shooting children" one of the banners read. The demonstration took place on the 100th day of the Trump administration’s return to office. On Friday, the UN World Food Programme announced its food stocks in Gaza were completely depleted due to Israel’s blockade. Palestine’s UN envoy, Riyad Mansour, accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon against Gaza’s civilians, calling for an immediate ceasefire during a Security Council session. Egypt accused Israel on Monday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of weaponizing starvation against Gaza’s civilians, demanding an immediate, unconditional end to the blockade. The ICJ in The Hague began a week-long hearing on Israel’s humanitarian obligations toward Palestinians, following nearly two months of a total blockade halting aid to Gaza. Gaza’s 2.4 million residents rely almost entirely on humanitarian aid, which has been cut off since Israel closed the Kerem Shalom, Zikim, and Erez crossings on March 2. The Israeli army renewed its assault on Gaza on March 18, shattering a Jan. 19 ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with the Palestinian resistance group Hamas. More than 52,300 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in a brutal Israeli onslaught since October 2023, most of them women and children. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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