‘Security isn’t built on children’s corpses’: Tampa activists rally against Israel’s ongoing conflicts [PHOTOS]

Thousands of “No Kings” protesters took to the sidewalks outside Tampa City Hall last Saturday, but the demonstrations didn’t end there. Less than 24 hours after the anti-Trump protests wrapped, more activists were back in the neighborhood to rally against the ongoing conflicts between Israel, Iran and Palestine.

The demonstrators—with signs that read “Security isn’t built on children’s corpses,” “Bombing kids is not self defense,” and “Criticizing genocide ≠ terrorism”—gathered at Curtis Hixon Park as Israel leaned into its second day of conflict with Iran, which has also launched retaliatory attacks.

A Monday morning report from NPR cites the Iran’s Health Ministry which more than 200 people have been killed since the start of Israel’s offensive—including women and children. “At least 24 people have been killed by Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel, and nearly 600 injured,” NPR added.

The Tampa protest—which traveled north on the Tampa Riverwalk before wrapping at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park—also came 617 days after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel which sparked retaliatory action that’s killed more than 55,000 people, according to PBS. The Gaza Health Ministry says women and children make up more than half of the dead in the that conflict.