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Protesters in Tahrir call for end of Israeli occupation of Gaza

Sherif Tarek , Thursday 6 Oct 2011

Hundreds of demonstrators rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Thursday to protest against the continued plight of Gaza under Israeli occupation

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K-8E Karakorum jets of the Egyptian Air Force perform over Cairo (Photo: Reuters)

Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Tahrir Square on the 38th anniversary of the 1973 War against Israel to protest against the Israeli occupation of Gaza.‎

The protesters gathered Thursday morning around a single podium without disrupting traffic, according to Ahmed El-Asi, one of the protesters and ‎a member of the Egyptian Alliance to End the Siege of Gaza and Build It, which called for the ‎demonstration. ‎

“The slogan of the protest is ‘Revolutionaries Against Zionism,’” El-Asi told Ahram ‎Online over the phone. ‎

“Several political movements and parties took part in the protest, including the Tawhid ‎Party,” he added. ‎

Tensions between Egypt and Israel escalated last month after protesters stormed offices attached to the Israeli embassy in Cairo. The action was part of a protest against the killing of Egyptian border ‎guards by Israeli forces.‎

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