Cape Town Metro Police Department (CTMPD) officers line up as a man waves a Palestinian flag in Cape Town on November 12, 2023, after pro-Israeli supporters were chased away by an opposing group as they were gathering. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza.