In pictures: Indonesia backs Gaza as Israel pounds back

 | Updated: May 18, 2021, 02:45 PM IST

Israeli jets kept up a barrage of air strikes against the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Monday evening, as a week of violence that has killed more than 200 people pushed world leaders to step up mediation. Now, Muslim-majority country Indonesia has come forward in support of Gaza by strongly condemning attacks by Israel.

Support for Palestine is growing everywhere, protesters want a two-state solution for Palestine, recognising it as a independent-state from Israel.

Here are some pictures of protest from Indonesia

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The tensions between Israel and Palestine drew international outcry after massive escalation of violence in Gaza and East Jerusalem. 

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Indonesia stands in support of Palestine. Indonesians say Palestinian people deserve to get justice and they are together in this struggle.

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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called the international community to end the violence in Palestine and strongly condemned Israel's brutality. 

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Demonstrators take part in a protest against Israel, on streets in Jakarta, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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The brutal fighting between Israel and Islamist group Hamas, sparked by unrest in Jerusalem, has claimed 174 lives in Gaza and Killed 10 people in Israel since last week. 

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