Protests Disrupt Kamala Harris Speech Amid Gaza Conflict and Polio Vaccination Efforts
You’re supporting a war criminal,” one protester shouted about two-thirds of the way into her speech.
A second appeared shortly after the first was ushered out, and shouted for several minutes until he also was removed, crying out “Free Palestine” as he was led past the press cordon.
In response, Kamala Harris said, “I respect your voice, but right now, I am speaking,” before moving on with the rest of her address over the interjector’s din.
Meanwhile, at least 19 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip as the first phase of polio vaccination concluded in the besieged territory. About 560,000 kids have been inoculated polio vaccine, Al Jazeera reported.
Turkey’s spy chief has met a delegation from the Palestinian fighter group Hamas in Ankara and discussed the negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, state broadcaster TRT said on Friday.
Ibrahim Kalin, head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency, had met the delegation from the Hamas political bureau leadership, TRT Haber said citing Turkish security sources, without saying who the members of the delegation were.
Turkey has denounced Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Gaza’s health workers said they faced down attacks and threats from Israeli forces during the first phase of the polio vaccination campaign that ended yesterday.
“We went through the dangers and the threats to help the children and to get our blessings from Allah Almighty,” one female health worker told Al Jazeera in North Gaza.
