Moro and Filipino groups held separate protests to strongly condemn US-Israel for its intensified genocide in Gaza in recent weeks. They called for the immediate halt of attacks, called for the entry of aid, and demanded freedom for the Palestinians.

On August 15, around 1,300 Moro gathered in Marawi City for a “peaceful solidarity and mass demonstration for Gaza.” They marched from Masjed Bato to Sarimanok Stadium in the city’s Ground Zero, the area which the Duterte regime and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) pulverized with massive bombings in 2017. They compared the AFP’s destruction of their city to the current US-Israel forces’ bombings in Gaza. Prior to this, a “walk for peace” was held in the city on August 9.

That same day, August 9, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), Moro-Christian Peoples Alliance, and Philippine-Palestine Friendship Association held an indignation rally in Quezon City to condemn the Israeli cabinet’s approval of a decision for its military to occupy Gaza.

On August 13, journalists, youth groups, and media organizations protested inside the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City to condemn the US and Israel for the killing of another journalist in Palestine.