A rally kicked off earlier Saturday at Westlake Center, then spread from there as nearly 2,000 Palestinian supporters marched through downtown Seattle in a planned protest.

Protesters march through Seattle in opposition to the Israeli attacks against the Gaza strip.

"Free free Palestine, free free Palestine," marchers chanted. "Fight the power, fight the tide. End Israeli apartheid."

"Please keep going until they stop killing our kids," they chanted.

The protest came on the same day as several other rallies across Europe opposing the Israeli attacks on Gaza.

The Seattle rally began with a series of speakers who opposed America's so-called blanket support of Israel, as about 200 others participated in noon prayers in the Center Plaza of Westlake Square.

Then marchers took to the city streets under gray skies, led by a group of children who held signs saying, "Am I your next target?"

"We are marching because we feel morally responsibility for what's going on in Gaza," said Hunza Chaudahry. "Our dollars are the ones that fund Israeli bombs and tanks."

The protest had the earmarks of an Arab funeral procession, complete with caskets symbolizing the innocent victims. One casket was carried by a 14-year-old who said she has family in Gaza - and the coffin had their names on it.

"This is stupid. My goodness we are all people. We are all the same," said Safaa Darwish. "We lived in harmony for so many years. This needs to stop."

Not far away, a mother followed her kids and family members who carry a symbolic dead child.

Zeina Askr says, "Would you like your child to pass away at this age by a bomb that comes down when they are sleeping in their house? Is that fair?"

Nobody who spoke with KOMO News would justify Hamas' use of rockets on innocent Israelis.

And shadowing the crowd was one man carrying the Israeli flag. He said he wasn't even Jewish.

"They are trying to defend themselves from ruthless attacks that have been going on every since Hamas took control of Gaza, so somebody has to stand with them so they can defend themselves," said the lone marcher, George Bentley.

The march was loud but peaceful. And organizers say expect more in the future.