{"id":59088,"date":"2026-04-09T07:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/59088\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T07:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:30:30","slug":"chicago-protesters-march-against-lebanon-gaza-bombing-despite-regional-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/59088\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago protesters march against Lebanon, Gaza bombing despite regional ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"--text-fz:var(--mantine-font-size-md);--text-lh:var(--mantine-line-height-md);--text-color:var(--mantine-color-dimmed)\" class=\"mantine-focus-auto detailText m_b6d8b162 mantine-Text-root\" data-variant=\"text\" data-size=\"md\" color=\"dimmed\">Protesters march through downtown Chicago during an &#8220;Emergency Protest&#8221; on April 8, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Hundreds gathered at Federal Plaza to denounce the ongoing bombing of Lebanon and Gaza, specifically citing Israeli airstrikes that occurred despite a newly announced regional ceasefire. Demonstrators marched toward the Trump International Hotel &amp; Tower, carrying banners and calling for an immediate end to the violence in Lebanon, Iran, and Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>Ceasefire violations<\/p>\n<p style=\"--text-fz:var(--mantine-font-size-md);--text-lh:var(--mantine-line-height-md);--text-color:var(--mantine-color-dimmed)\" class=\"mantine-focus-auto detailText m_b6d8b162 mantine-Text-root\" data-variant=\"text\" data-size=\"md\" color=\"dimmed\">The protest came after Israeli airstrikes killed at least seven people in southern Lebanon on Thursday, despite a US-Iran ceasefire agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu&#8217;s office had stated the two-week ceasefire with Iran &#8220;does not include Lebanon,&#8221; allowing continued operations against Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"_newLineNode_nkpt1_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mounting casualties<\/p>\n<p style=\"--text-fz:var(--mantine-font-size-md);--text-lh:var(--mantine-line-height-md);--text-color:var(--mantine-color-dimmed)\" class=\"mantine-focus-auto detailText m_b6d8b162 mantine-Text-root\" data-variant=\"text\" data-size=\"md\" color=\"dimmed\">Lebanese health authorities report that at least 1,739 people have been killed and 5,873 injured in Israeli attacks since March 2. On Wednesday alone, 254 people were killed and 1,165 injured across Lebanon, including Beirut. In Gaza, daily ceasefire violations have killed 733 Palestinians since the October 2025 truce.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"_newLineNode_nkpt1_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Regional context<\/p>\n<p style=\"--text-fz:var(--mantine-font-size-md);--text-lh:var(--mantine-line-height-md);--text-color:var(--mantine-color-dimmed)\" class=\"mantine-focus-auto detailText m_b6d8b162 mantine-Text-root\" data-variant=\"text\" data-size=\"md\" color=\"dimmed\">The protest comes as a high-level Iranian delegation arrived in Islamabad for talks with the US, despite skepticism over repeated ceasefire violations by Israel. Demonstrators in Chicago expressed solidarity with civilians across Lebanon, Iran and Palestine, calling for an immediate end to the violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protesters march through downtown Chicago during an &#8220;Emergency Protest&#8221; on April 8, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3065,2803,496,93,2916],"class_list":{"0":"post-59088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lebanon","8":"tag-ceasefire","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-gaza","11":"tag-lebanon","12":"tag-protest"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116373581159053097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}