Overview
- New South Wales Police reported 27 arrests, including 10 for assaulting officers, as crowd-control agents were used to stop protesters from entering a restricted area near Town Hall.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was devastated by the scenes and urged peaceful demonstrations, while senior police figures defended their tactics as justified.
- Human-rights groups and some politicians condemned the operation and pressed for independent scrutiny of alleged excessive force, pointing to footage of officers pushing praying men and media being sprayed.
- A Sydney court earlier rejected the Palestine Action Group’s challenge to march limits after the state designated the visit a major event that expanded police powers to direct and disperse crowds.
- Isaac Herzog laid a wreath at Bondi Beach, met families of the 15 people killed, and is continuing engagements in Melbourne and Canberra as nationwide rallies cite a UN inquiry’s finding that he incited genocide, a claim Israel rejects.