Protesting Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip, hundreds of people belonging to different organisations formed human chains in front of the National Press Club yesterday.
Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) and Save the Environment Movement formed two separate human chains.
Peace could not be achieved until the Palestinian state was independent, said BNF President S M Abul Kalam Azad in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Describing the misery and sufferings of Gaza residents, he said BNF volunteers and doctors were ready to go to Gaza to help the victims.
The BNF leaders urged the Bangladeshi government to take proper steps and stop the military assult.
Criticising the West, the BNF leaders said the massacre could not be stopped even by the most powerful nations on earth and influential regional organisations.
In past two weeks of air raids and ground assault since July 8, more than 700 residents of Gaza have been killed and thousands displaced, with the death toll is mounting every day.
Nagorik Odhikar Songrokkhon Forum, Peace, Pollima Green, United Peace Foundation, Bangladesh Peace Movement, Modern Club and Eco Society, also participated in the human chain with posters and banners.
