PHOTOS: Thousands march through heatwave at Melbourne’s Gaza rally

The giant Palestinian flag at #CeasefireNOW rallies, Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Wayne Jansson

Wind under the giant Palestinian flag at #CeasefireNOW, Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Wayne Jansson

The giant Palestinian flag at #CeasefireNOW rallies, Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Wayne Jansson

Woman waiting for the #CeasefireNow rally to start, Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Wayne Jansson

Looking out from a coffee shop at a South African flag flying in the State Library forecourt, Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Wayne Jansson

The flag of Palestine. Photo: Wayne Jansson

Man marching for a #CeasefireNOW in Gaza. Photo: Wayne Jansson

Woman leading the #CeasefireNOW chant at Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Wayne Jansson

Woman with a watermelon fan. Photo: Wayne Jansson

One of the Instagram creators who records the #FreePalestine movement in Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Wayne Jansson

Over 13,000 children have been killed in Israel’s #GazaGenocide. Photo: Wayne Jansson

The Naarm (Melbourne) #CeasefireNOW rally passes an old tram. Photo: Wayne Jansson

Pots and pans symbolise Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war. Photo: Wayne Jansson

A couple of regulars at #CeasefireNow rallies, Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Wayne Jansson

Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves senior elder and Warlpiri man from Yuendumu spoke at the #CeasefireNOW rally, Naarm (Melbourne). He declared his solidarity with Palestinians and taught the crowd how to say ‘ceasefire now’ in his traditional language. Photo: Wayne Jansson

Pots and pans symbolise Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war. Photo: Wayne Jansson

The maker of this doll named her, Hind (Rajab) after the young girl terrorised by the IDF before they murdered her and the paramedics sent to rescue her. Photo: Wayne Jansson

This young woman spoke of Israel’s hypocrisy weaponizing rape allegations, while Palestinian women are sexually assaulted and raped everyday by Israeli forces in West Bank and Gaza and IDF soldiers wear the underwear of dead and displaced Palestinian women as trophies. Photo: Wayne Jansson

The mobile tunes and beats bloke of the #FreePalestine movement in Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Wayne Jansson