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At one point during the demonstration, protesters blocked the Washington Street Bridge near Ogilvie Transportation Center.

We have to keep being impossible to ignore," one of the groups organizing the events said.

CHICAGO⎯ “We are here to call for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza because it is grounded in the belief that every single life is sacred. The movement for a ceasefire is on the side of life. Military action has never brought us peace and clearly never will,” said Eli Newell.

Activists stage a protest rally in the US city of Chicago, demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as Israel intensifies its deadly bombing campaign in the besieged enclave.

Activists blocked rush hour traffic in Chicago on Monday in the latest direct action against genocide.

Members of the group IfNotNow recited the mourner’s Kaddish, a Jewish prayer typically spoken during the grieving period after the death of a loved one.

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