Anti-Israel protesters with "Free Palestine" signs and banners descended connected the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade successful New York City connected Thursday, with constabulary removing those who attempted to artifact the parade route.
One radical of protesters held Palestinian flags and unfurled a banner that read, "Don’t observe genocide!" successful the mediate of the thoroughfare arsenic the parade led by the Ronald McDonald balloon was coming down W. 55th Street and Sixth Avenue.
Photos amusement NYPD officers breaking up the objection and detaining aggregate protesters truthful that the parade could proceed unobstructed. Some protesters were seen walking distant portion others who refused to determination were pulled distant oregon taken down to the crushed and handcuffed.
Protesters tin beryllium heard screaming "Free Palestine" arsenic constabulary broke up the radical successful video from the scene. The monolithic assemblage that lined the streets to ticker the parade could beryllium heard booing the protesters.
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Anti-Israel protesters beryllium on the parade way during the 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade successful New York City. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
It was unclear whether the protesters being removed were arrested. Fox News Digital has reached retired to the NYPD for much information.
Police officers clash with protesters during the 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade successful New York City. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
Last year, anti-Israel protesters lined the parade route, with immoderate chanting and singing "Palestine volition beryllium free" portion others glued their hands to the thoroughfare of the parade way and drenched themselves successful reddish liquid to signify blood.
Police officers removed protesters during the 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade successful New York City. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams connected Wednesday had warned protesters not to repetition their efforts.
"I truly privation to instrumentality the infinitesimal to archer those grinches that judge they are going to disrupt the parade that it is not going to happen," Adams said during a property conference.
Police officers detain a protester during the 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade successful New York City. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
Hamas ignited the war in 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.
In the Gaza Strip, much than 44,000 radical person been killed and much than 104,000 wounded successful the 13-month war between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.