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Thousands of members of Toronto's Jewish community marched down a major city artery on Sunday as part of an annual pro-Israel event that unfolded amid heightened security and protests along the route.
The Avenue Road bridge over Hwy. 401, in Toronto's largest Jewish community, has been a popular site for anti-Israel protesters.
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In front of the Consulate General of Israel, hundreds of people gathered to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Over at Nathan Phillips Square, others rallied in hopes their voices will aid in the release of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas.
“It was really important to see the love, the support and the solidarity of Jewish people in Canada,” Ohad Lapidot, whose daughter Tiferet was murdered at the Supernova music festival,