Tens of thousands of demonstrators crowded the streets of American cities on Saturday to denounce Israel’s bombardment and military campaign in Gaza that has left over ten thousand dead, mostly children and women.

The day’s protests, within sight of the seats of American power in Washington but also in places like New York, Nashville, Cincinnati, Las Vegas and even Orono, Maine, extended and amplified demands for a cease-fire and an end to the siege in Gaza, The New York Times reported. The demonstrations came a week after vast protests in Asian and European capitals, and a day after the Israeli government appeared to rebuff the United States’ call for “humanitarian pauses” in the bombardment.