A group of Pro-Palestinian supporters shouted the slogan “f–k Joe Biden” as they nearly tore down a reinforced fence outside the White House during an alleged protest Saturday night.
Non-essential personnel were evacuated from the area as a precaution as aggressive demonstrations escalated, the Secret Service confirmed.
Video shows people shaking the fence so violently that parts of it are uprooted while a group of Secret Service policemen refuse to stop people from entering the area.
Some protesters threw water bottles and sticks breaking their Palestinian flags at the officers, while others tried to climb the fence.
“F–k Joe Biden!” the crowd screamed.
“Smash it! You support the murder of children!”
The anti-scale fence suffered some “temporary damage,” but the actual White House fence and adjacent buildings were untouched, a Secret Service spokesman told The Post.
“The issues were immediately repaired on site by US Secret Service support teams,” said Lt. Paul Mayhair.
Demonstrators call for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas. Wid Lyman/X
“As a precaution, some members of the media and staff near Pennsylvania Avenue have been temporarily evacuated while the issue is being addressed.”
No arrests were made.
The Secret Service had erected a barricade several hours earlier in anticipation of the demonstration opposite the White House, which was the culmination of a planned march through Washington DC calling for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza.
More than 23,800 people have been killed in Gaza during the 100 days of Israeli counterattacks. AFP via Getty Images
Thousands of protesters joined the rally, some carrying signs reading: “No vote for Genocide Joe,” “Biden has blood on his hands” and “Let Gaza live.”
Biden has been a supporter of Israel and approved an “emergency sale” that sent nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth $106 million to the Jewish State last month.
The rally focused on the huge death toll in Gaza that has accumulated in the 100 days since Israel responded to Hamas’ October 7 surprise attack on its civilians.
The demonstrators temporarily damaged the anti-scale fence erected in anticipation of the march. AFP via Getty Images
More than 23,800 people in Gaza – nearly two-thirds of them women and children – have been killed during Israel’s counter-offensive campaign, according to the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-run territory.
Israel declared war in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack by Hamas on October 7 in which the Islamist militant group killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 250 hostages.
An estimated 132 hostages are still being held in Gaza.
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