Pro-Palestinian rally held at Calgary City Hall [Video]

The first anniversary of the October Seventh Hamas attack on Israel is Monday, and that prompted several hundred people to attend a pro-Palestinian rally Saturday afternoon at city hall.

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One person in the crowd, Warda Dawoud, arrived in Calgary from Gaza about one month ago.

“It’s hard; no feelings, no life at all, no food, no(t) safe, no sleep,” she says. “All the time bombings, you can’t sleep, you can’t do anything.”

Dawoud left her city for Egypt and from there came to Canada. She would like the world to stand with her people.

On Oct. 7, 2023, 1,205 Israelis were killed and 251 were abducted by Hamas; ninety-seven of those kidnapped that day remain in captivity.

The event shocked the world and led to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The Hamas-run health ministry says …