Thousands of demonstrators gathered around the U.S. Capitol on July 24 as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress on the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group.
D.C. Metropolitan Police arrested five people who chained themselves together to block an intersection near the Capitol on July 24. A few hours later, the police department reported arresting two demonstrators for assaulting an officer during a protest at Columbus Circle and Union Station. Police arrested another two individuals who crossed a police line after the assault.
