Thousands of protesters have gathered in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide for pro-Palestinian rallies, after a week of tension between organisers and authorities in New South Wales, while an invitation-only rally in Brisbane mourned Israeli dead. In Melbourne, police said about 10,000 people met at the State Library of Victoria in solidarity with Palestinians.
Meanwhile, protesters also gathered in Sydney's Hyde Park for a static rally despite being denied official approval by NSW Police.
The brutal attack on Israeli villages near Gaza last week, in which Hamas terrorists targeted revellers at a music festival and kidnapped children and grandmothers to be held as hostages, killed more than 1,300 people and left 3,200 injured.
Israel has launched a series of air strikes that has flattened parts of Gaza City and left at least 2,200 dead and more than 8,700 injured. A further 54 Palestinians have died in the West Bank, with 1,100 wounded there.
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