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A massive pro-Palestine protest descended outside a fenced White House on Saturday, with demonstrators demanding an end to the Israel-Gaza war and blasting the Joe Biden-led administration's support for the Jewish nation..
Around 30,000 protesters started arriving outside the girded Executive Mansion around noon on Saturday as part of a weekend protest for which security measures have been strengthened outside the White House...
Several visuals of the demonstration flooded social media, showing protesters clad mostly in red outfits, holding up placards with messages - 'End the siege on Gaza now', 'Free Palestine' and 'End US Military funding to Israel' among others...
Some protesters stood in a line draped in a two-mile-long banner around the White House to symbolise the 'red line' that Israel crossed with their operation in Rafah, a southern Gaza city where thousands of Palestinians have been taking refuge since the war began...
Some videos on social media showed some protesters igniting and then throwing smoke flares outside the White House gates..
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