A swarm of Pro-Palestinian supporters shouted “fk Joe Biden” slogans as they nearly tore down a reinforced fence outside the White House during a charged protest Saturday night.
Non-essential personnel were evacuated from the area as a precaution as the aggressive protest intensified, the Secret Service confirmed.
Video shows the crowd shaking the fence so violently that part of it was partially dislodged while a horde of Secret Service police pushed back to prevent protesters from entering the grounds.
Some demonstrators threw water bottles and broken sticks on their Palestinian flags against the police, while others tried to climb the fence.
“Damn Joe Biden!” » shouted the demonstrators.
“Break it down!” You support the murder of children!
The limestone fence suffered “temporary damage,” but the White House fence and adjacent buildings remained intact, a Secret Service spokesperson told the Post.
“The issues were quickly resolved on scene by U.S. Secret Service support teams,” said Lt. Paul Mayhair.
“As a precaution, some media and staff members near Pennsylvania Avenue have been temporarily relocated while the issue is addressed.”
No arrests have been made.
The Secret Service had erected the fence hours earlier in anticipation of the protest in front of the White House, which was the planned culmination of a march through Washington, D.C. calling for end of Israeli military action in Gaza.
Thousands of protesters participated in the rally, some carrying signs reading: “No votes for genocide Joe,” “Biden has blood on his hands,” and “Let Gaza live.”
Biden is a supporter of Israel and approved an “emergency sale” which sent nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth $106 million to the Jewish state last month.
The rally focused heavily on the significant death toll in Gaza that has accumulated in the 100 days since Israel responded to Hamas’ surprise attack on its civilians on October 7.
More than 23,800 people in Gaza – almost two-thirds of them women and children – have been killed in the Israeli counterattack campaign, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-controlled territory.
Israel declared war in response to Hamas’s unprecedented cross-border attack on October 7, in which the Islamic militant group killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 250 others hostage.
An estimated 132 hostages are still being held in Gaza.
