IN PICS | Rallies held in Cape Town, Joburg to support Palestine, Lebanon

In Cape Town, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) joined the march in “support [of] the people of Palestine”.“Cosatu is calling on our own government to cut all ties with Israel’s racist government. We [also] call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and we ask the Israeli government to get out of Lebanon and Palestine,” it said.The latest bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict was triggered by the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and in which about 250 hostages were taken, according to Israeli tallies.Israel’s…