SAFA – Hundreds of protesters in Cape Town, South Africa, displayed a massive white shroud bearing the names of approximately 20,000 Palestinian children killed during Israel's war on the Gaza Strip over the past three years.

The demonstrators gathered Wednesday outside the Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre before holding a silent march to St. George's Cathedral in memory of Palestinians killed in Gaza.

Inside the cathedral, participants attended an interfaith memorial service that brought together Muslim, Christian, and Jewish representatives to honor the victims and express solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Following the service, protesters unfurled a roughly 30-meter-long white shroud outside the cathedral, covered with the handwritten names of Palestinian children killed in Gaza.

“We have a large shroud, about 30 meters long, bearing the names of the children Israel has killed since the beginning of this genocide,” South African activist Glen Harrison told Turkey's Anadolu Agency.

Harrison said organizers had obtained the list of names from contacts in Palestine and that it included approximately 20,000 children, among them infants.

He explained that members of Christian churches, Muslim communities, children, and Jewish supporters of Palestine had painstakingly written the names on the shroud, one by one.

The process took approximately two weeks to complete, he added.

Harrison emphasized the need for people around the world to unite in solidarity with Palestinians and support their struggle for justice.

Gaza Death Toll Continues to Rise Despite Ceasefire

The demonstration came amid continued reports of Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect in October 2025.

According to the figures cited in the original report, Israeli attacks since the ceasefire have killed 1,467 Palestinians and wounded 5,161 others.

The continued violence has raised concerns about the protection of civilians and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where thousands of families are mourning relatives killed during the war.

The Cape Town memorial served as a tribute to Palestinian children who lost their lives, with the names inscribed on the shroud providing a visible reminder of the human toll of the conflict.