On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress amidst turbulent scenes. Outside and inside the Capitol Building, protests supporting Hamas led to several arrests. Vandals clashed with law enforcement near the Capitol before moving toward Union Station, the main train hub in Washington, DC.
There, the pro-terror protesters defaced monuments, scaled flagpoles, and replaced American flags with Palestinian flags. One American flag was burned beneath an effigy of Netanyahu. The rioters also spray-painted pro-Hamas messages, such as “Hamas is coming,” on several statues outside the station.
Outside the train station, U.S. Capitol Police arrested at least eight individuals for failure to disperse following reports of property damage, including vandalized statues and fountains, torn-down and burned flags, and multiple small fires.
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