Over a thousand in Indonesia protest Middle East war ahead of October 7 anniversary | ABS-CBN News

Around 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on Sunday (October 6) morning near the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, demanding for Washington to stop supplying weapons to Israel.
The protesters in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, also called for peace in the Middle East.
"Stop the double standard. The UN was built to preserve humanity, the UN was built to preserve the human dignity, it was built to protect the existence of nations like Palestine," said protester Ekiawan Muharram, as others waved Palestinian flags and held up banners.
Another protester, Yandri, said that they hope the U.S will "follow France's footsteps in halting weapon supplies to Israel".
The latest bloodshed in the decades old Israeli-Palestinian conflict was triggered when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 as hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Israel's subsequent military assault on Gaza has killed nearly 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's health ministry. It has also displaced nearly all of the enclave's 2.3 million people, caused a hunger crisis and led to genocide allegations at the World Court that Israel denies.
The war in Gaza has spread through the region, drawing in Iran-backed groups in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq. Israel has sharply escalated a campaign in recent weeks in Lebanon that has killed hundreds, wounded thousands and displaced over a million. Israel says it is attempting to dismantle Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.
(Production: Zahra Matarani)
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