**JI Karachi Protests Outside US Consulate Against Gaza War**
**KARACHI:** Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged a large protest outside the US consulate in Karachi, condemning Israeli aggression in Gaza and demanding the US cease funding what they termed Israeli war crimes.
Thousands of demonstrators participated, displaying Palestinian flags, banners, and placards. They voiced slogans against Israeli actions and expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people.
A confrontation occurred when police blocked the protesters from reaching the US consulate, leading to a heated exchange and continued slogan chanting.
Protesters called for an immediate end to the violence in Gaza and urged the international community to condemn Israeli actions.
Addressing the rally, JI Karachi chief Monem Zafar Khan criticized Israel’s ceasefire violations and the bombings that have resulted in significant Palestinian casualties. He asserted that these actions were carried out with full US backing.
President Islami Jamiat e Talaba Karachi Hafiz Abish Siddiqui also addressed the crowd, encouraging public support for Palestinians through boycotts, social media campaigns, protests, and other forms of resistance.
He faulted the US for its silence despite its involvement in the ceasefire agreement.
Earlier reports stated that at least 91 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday after Israel resumed bombing and ground operations, ending a two-month-old ceasefire, according to the enclave’s health ministry.
Following two months of relative calm, Gazans are once again displaced due to Israel’s renewed air and ground campaign against Hamas.
Israeli aircraft distributed leaflets in several residential areas, ordering evacuations from towns in the north, Gaza City, and areas east of Khan Younis in the south.
Late Thursday, Israel’s military announced the start of ground operations in the Shaboura district of Rafah, near the Egyptian border.
“War is back, displacement and death are back, will we survive this round?” questioned Samed Sami, 29, who fled Shejaia to set up a tent for his family in a camp.