Thousands of Cubans, led by President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist island, marched in Havana to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
The protesters, including about 250 Palestinian medical students living in Cuba, carried a large banner reading “Long Live Free Palestine,” while the president and his allies wore keffiyeh scarves, an emblem of Palestinian solidarity.
“We are here to support the just claim of the Palestinian people, for their sovereignty, their freedom… and against the genocidal crusade that Israel practices against the Palestinian people,” said Michel Marino, a 20-year-old international relations student, at the event. Monday.
The march was scheduled for October 7 to commemorate the first anniversary of Israel's war on Gaza following a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, but was postponed due to Hurricane Milton, which hit Cuba and Florida in the United States on last year week.
“For an entire year, our Gaza has not had a single day of calm, not a single day of peace and our people in the West Bank suffer daily aggression while the world remains paralyzed and unable to stop this tragedy,” said Mohammed Suwan. a Palestinian student, while addressing the participants.
In June, the Caribbean island joined a lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice for its military offensive in Gaza.
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