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Anti-Israel protesters chanting "Free Palestine" were arrested during a objection wrong a U.S. Senate bureau gathering successful Washington, D.C., connected Tuesday.
The ample radical of protesters was captured connected video wrong the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building arsenic they shouted their request for an extremity to the warfare successful Gaza betwixt Israel and Hamas.
Many of the protesters were seen wearing reddish T-shirts emblazoned with the words "STOP ARMING ISRAEL."
Demonstrators were seen connected aggregate floors of the building, with immoderate throwing sticky notes bearing that aforesaid operation from the precocious level balconies into the atrium. Some were hanging banners that said, "time to act" and "fund Life not genocide."
Protesters basal connected the balconies overlooking the atrium of the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building. (Fox News)
Three protesters successful reddish T-shirts were seen exiting an elevator with police. The protesters, whose hands were zip tied down their backs, continued to chant arsenic they were arrested.
It was unclear however galore arrests constabulary made related to the protest.
Police arrested 3 protesters from wrong the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building. (Fox News)
Hamas ignited the war successful Gaza erstwhile its fighters stormed into Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, sidesplitting immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting astir 250. Around 100 hostages are inactive wrong Gaza, and astatine slightest a 3rd of them are believed to beryllium dead.
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The Biden administration has spent months trying to broker cease-fires connected some fronts, though talks for a woody successful the Gaza war have stalled. On Monday, President Biden called connected G-20 leaders to summation "pressure connected Hamas," who rejected the latest woody offer.
President-elect Trump has vowed to extremity the wars successful the Middle East, although helium has not outlined how.
Fox News’ Kelly Phares and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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