New York police violently arrest pro-Palestine protesters marking Nakba

Several arrested as they tried to march in Brooklyn to protest the Gaza war and the 1948 ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians.

Police have beaten and arrested several demonstrators at a pro-Palestine protest in Brooklyn, New York, marking the latest crackdown on voices opposing the war on Gaza in the United States.

Protesters had gathered on Saturday in the Bay Ridge neighborhood, a southwest Brooklyn area home to a large Muslim community, including many of Palestinian and Yemeni origin.

UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza

Israel says it recovered remains of one captive while Hamas claims several attacks against Israeli troops across Gaza.

Smoke rises following an Israeli air attack in the central Gaza Strip, May 18, 2024 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]

Nearly 800,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since Israel launched its offensive against the southern Gaza city last week, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has said.

Lazzarini decried the repeated displacement of Palestinians in the statement on Saturday.