On the 7th of October, Tampa area pro-Palestine activists including many from Palestine gathered in a park near the Federal courthouse. In addtion to speakers, the national anthem of Palestine was played over the sound system. Afterwards, protesters formed a circle for a candlelight vigil at which some of the names of the fallen were read. Most were children or teenagers.
One of the speakers earlier reminded everyone that Oct 7 was when Palestine forcibly broke out of what had been an Israeli-run open-air prison. In that sense, Oct 7 may have been history’s largest prison break. It was complete with the prison walls being both flown over and bulldozed down.