In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, protesters are holding a 24-hour vigil for Gaza in Harvard Square, reading the names of Palestinians killed in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip.

Boston, May 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, protesters are holding a 24-hour vigil for Gaza in Harvard Square, reading the names of Palestinians killed in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip.

Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts.  

Protesters held banners that said: “They all have names.”  

Officials in Gaza say Israel’s assault and starvation campaign has killed more than 61,700 Palestinians.

In Indianapolis, protesters gathered at the Indy 500 parade Saturday demanding the U.S. pressure Israel to stop starving Gaza. 

Malkah Bird is with Jewish Voice for Peace, which helped organize the demonstration.  She told reporters:  “We need to break this siege.  We need food, medicine and clean water going into Gaza immediately.  So, anything you can do, any people you have, any congregation, any collection of people that you have who can be moved into action, we are obligated to move them into action.