“Stop Genocide”: Pro-Palestinian protesters rally across US, Jewish pacifists arrested at Capitol

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters across major U.S. cities marched on Wednesday, holding signs with slogans such as "Stop Genocide!" and echoing demonstrations that erupted globally amid outrage over the deadly bombing of Gaza's Al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital late on Tuesday.

Palestinian officials said the blast killed 471 people and blamed what they said was an Israeli air strike, while Israel and the U.S. said the cause was a failed rocket launch by anti-Israeli Palestinian militants in Gaza who denied responsibility.

At the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., some 200 demonstrators — many from the group Jewish Voice for Peace — filled the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building, wearing black t-shirts that said "Jews Say Cease Fire Now" and "Not in Our Name." The U.S. Capitol Police said its officers began arresting protesters who refused to comply with orders to disperse.

U.S. President Joe Biden visited Israel amid a growing crisis in the Middle East, pledging to help Israel and the Palestinians during the lightning visit on Wednesday, but the deadly hospital blast that he attributed to an errant rocket fired by Gaza militants derailed talks to prevent the war spreading.

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