Thousands of protesters in Australia have staged a rally, blocking a major intersection in Melbourne to show support for innocent Palestinians trapped for months under Israeli fire in the besieged Gaza Strip.

“Today, the city was witness to the scenes and sounds of the war in Gaza,” a statement from the protest organizers read on Sunday.

The protesters lit flares and waved mock missiles and drones while others lay like casualties on the ground in an attempt to show the death and damage caused by the Israeli forces genocidal war on Gaza.