Dozens of protesters gathered in Chicago's West Loop and marched downtown Tuesday afternoon, demanding an end to new Israeli bombings in Gaza. The initial protest was held right outside Chicago's Israeli Consulate on Madison Street,

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he had ordered the aerial attacks after Hamas’s “repeated refusal” to release the remaining hostages it holds. “This is just the beginning,” he said.

More than 200 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-ruled enclave's Ministry of Health said, as Hamas accused Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire deal.