Pro - Palestinian protesters have taken to the streets of Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta and other US cities to demand an end to Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Thousands of people stopped traffic on a public road in western Los Angeles as they walked two miles from outside the federal building to the Israeli consulate. Protesters waved signs with the words "Free Palestine" and chanted "Live the intifada."

A protest that began in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, with a large community of Arabic speakers, continued on the streets for several hours yesterday Saturday afternoon.

Footage on social media showed people climbing street lights to wave the media while others fired fireworks.

As the sun set, some protesters marched on Highway 278 and stopped traffic on it, according to a video clip posted online.

Bella Hadid, the famous American-Palestinian model, participated in the Brooklyn protest.

In Atlanta, hundreds of pro - Palestinian protesters, including grandparents, teenagers, mothers and fathers, gathered with their young people downtown to wave signs and echo slogans, according to the Atlanta Journal.

He wrote on one sign, "We can't breathe since 1948," referring to the demonstrations against discrimination and police brutality in the United States over the past year following the death of George Floyd.

In San Francisco, a loud crowd rang drums and chanted "Palestine will be free" as they marched through the Mission area towards Dolores Park.

A similar scene took place in Boston, where protesters marched a short distance from Copley Square to the Israeli consulate, blocking traffic.

Footage posted on social media showed demonstrators raising a banner in the colors of the Palestinian flag with the words "Free Palestine" standing on top of the canopy of the building where the consulate is located.

In Washington, thousands of protesters flowed from the Washington Monument to the National Archives. In Philadelphia, protesters filled Rittenhouse Square to denounce United States support for Israel.

At a protest in Pittsburgh, a speaker called on legislators to place restrictions on how Israel spends assistance from the United States.