Pro-Palestinian convoy leaves Istanbul for U.S airbase

1. Wide of protesters in front of vehicles before leaving for Incirlik air base in Adana
2. Pan right of convoy vehicles, protesters
3. Mid of vehicles, protesters
4. Various of vehicle with Palestinian and Turkish flags
5. Wide of protesters during news conference
6. Mid of sign reading (English) "Israel is an apartheid regime"
7. Various of Mustafa Oguz, 46-year-old accountant, putting Palestinian flag on car
8. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Mustafa Oguz, 46-year-old accountant:
"I have been watching the news for 27 days until 2 a.m in the morning. Our hearts are bleeding and our lungs are burning because we can't do anything. We wanted to participate in today's event wholeheartedly. We wanted to stand by our Palestinian brothers as much as we can. Our goal is to end Israeli oppression and stop all Zionists in the world. The fallacy of Zionism will be eliminated and people will breathe a sigh of relief."
9. Wide of protesters chanting; UPSOUND (Arabic) "God is great."
10. Various of man chanting; UPSOUND (Turkish) "A salute to Hamas, let the resistance continue."
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Yasir Masoud, 48-year-old school principal:
"We are here to express our denial of what is happening to our brothers and sisters in Palestine. And of course America is the one who is supporting the Israeli people. Weapons that are killing our children over there is coming from America, that is why we are going to that base in order to express our denial for what is happening."
12. Various of convoy leaving for Incirlik airbase, participants waving Palestinian and Turkish flags from vehicles
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ann Wright, retired U.S Army colonel, retired State Department official and activist:
"It is very important to have a huge convoy of people from Turkey driving all the way to Incirlik to say 'no' to the U.S government for using Incirlik air base to move weapons from that air base into Israel to kill Palestinians in Gaza."
14. Various of convoy leaving for Incirlik air base, cars honking
STORYLINE:
More than 100 vehicles carrying pro-Palestinian protesters departed Istanbul on Friday bound for a US airbase in Adana province.

The pro-Islamist IHH, or the Humanitarian Relief Foundation, announced that the demonstrators would travel to Incirlik air base to voice their opposition of the US' support to Israel amid that country's war with Hamas.

The convoy was expected to arrive at the air base on Sunday.

The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 9,227, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza.

In the occupied West Bank, more than 140 Palestinians have been killed in violence and Israeli raids.

More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, most of them in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that started the fighting, and 242 hostages were taken from Israel into Gaza by the militant group.