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Toronto protesters mark three years since the Gaza war began
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Toronto on Saturday in support of Palestinians, marking three years since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel and the start of the Gaza war.
The attack killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and 251 people were taken hostage to Gaza, according to the story.
A much smaller group supporting Israel gathered nearby, separated from the marchers by police and metal barricades.
The march was largely peaceful, though tensions briefly flared when a man confronted some demonstrators.
Police said they arrested one person who was wanted in connection with an unrelated incident.
Some marchers were Jews and Israelis who oppose the war or Zionism, including one woman who said she had once grown up in a strongly Zionist family.
The protest was part of demonstrations planned in several Canadian cities, and the story gives no further account of what will happen next.
Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Toronto on Saturday to mark three years since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the war in Gaza it triggered.
The crowd chanted in support of Palestinians, while a smaller group of counterprotesters gathered nearby with Israeli and Iranian flags.
Toronto police said one person was arrested in connection with an unrelated incident.
The protest was largely peaceful, though tensions briefly flared when a man confronted pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs expressed concern about protests praising the resistance responsible for the October 7 attacks.
- Who
- Hundreds of protesters, including Jews and Israelis critical of the war and Zionism, marched; a smaller group of counterprotesters gathered nearby.
- What
- A march in support of Palestinians marked three years since the October 7 attack and the Gaza war it triggered.
- When
- Saturday afternoon, October 10, 2026.
- Where
- Downtown Toronto, including Yonge Street and Sankofa Square.
- Why
- The demonstrators marked three years since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators
Pro-Israel counterprotesters and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
Protest
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators
Demonstrators chanted in support of Palestinians and included people critical of Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza and Zionism.
Pro-Israel counterprotesters and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said events praising the resistance responsible for the October 7 attacks demanded moral clarity from civic leaders.
Presence
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators
Demonstrators marched through downtown Toronto.
Pro-Israel counterprotesters and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
A smaller group of counterprotesters waved Israeli and Iranian flags from the southern end of Sankofa Square.
Hamas-led attackers killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 people as hostages to Gaza.
Hundreds of protesters marched in downtown Toronto to mark three years since the attack and the start of the Gaza war.
Toronto police arrested one person they recognized as wanted in connection with an unrelated incident.
- Protesters
- Hundreds
- March route
- Downtown Toronto via Yonge Street
- Counterprotesters
- A much smaller group
- Arrest
- One person, in connection with an unrelated incident
- Hamas-led attack
- 1,200 people killed; 251 abducted as hostages to Gaza
What people are saying
We will honor all our martyrs, all our children, sons and daughters!
In my lifetime I will see Palestinians living free!
Events praising the ‘resistance’ responsible for the October 7 atrocities as communities gather to mourn the murdered demands moral clarity from civic leaders about what is acceptable in our society.
I grew up in a very Zionist family, but being in Israel actually changed my mind about things.
Sources
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