Waterloo Region residents rally, fear for family amid Israel-Gaza war
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The ripple effects of the Israel-Gaza war are being felt in Waterloo Region.
The ripple effects of the Israel-Gaza war are being felt in Waterloo Region.
On Tuesday afternoon, people rallied in support of Palestine in Uptown Waterloo. Meanwhile a community gathering in solidarity with Israel is planned at a Kitchener synagogue Tuesday evening.
The conflict is now in its fourth day with Israeli warplanes hammering the Gaza strip in retaliation for the deadly weekend attack by Hamas militants.
The war, which has already claimed at least 1,900 lives on both sides, is only expected to escalate.
On Saturday morning, Hamas militants stormed into Israel, killing hundreds of residents in homes and streets near the Gaza border and bringing gun battles to Israeli towns for the first time in decades. Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza hold about 150 soldiers and civilians hostage, according to Israel.
The attack that Hamas said was retribution for worsening Palestinian suffering under Israeli occupation has fired Israel's determination to crush the group's hold in Gaza -- hiking risks of an expanded regional conflict and a humanitarian crisis.
Kitchener resident Simon Adler has been living in fear for days.
