Today, Thursday, activists supporting Palestine threw red paint on the official car of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken as he was leaving his home in Virginia.
The activists’ move came in protest against US military aid to Israel and the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Protesters also left a mummy with bloodstained hands resembling Blinken in front of his residence in McLean, Virginia.
The moment Blinken left the house, the demonstrators chanted the phrase “You should be ashamed” and rushed behind the car carrying Palestinian flags.
🗣️ ‘Shame on you’
🪧 ‘War criminal’
Demonstrators gather in front of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s house in Virginia, protesting against the US policy on Gaza
They spill fake blood on the streets and over Blinken’s car as he leaves his house in McLean for work
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The demonstrators tried to draw attention by hitting pots with their hands and chanting the phrases “Stop death in Gaza” and “war criminal.”
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza, which, as of Thursday, has left 22,438 dead and 57,614 injured, most of them children and women, massive destruction of infrastructure and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, according to the Gaza Strip authorities and the United Nations.