Anti-war demonstrators gathered outside the White House on Wednesday (June 18) to protest the latest exchange of missile strikes between Iran and Israel.

Waving Palestinian and Iranian flags, dozens of demonstrators chanted slogans and held placards demanding an end to U.S. and Israeli military actions in the Middle East.

Tensions flared when a few counter-protesters waved Israeli flags, prompting police to form a line as pro-Israeli and anti-war groups faced off near the White House fence.

“He’s just bombing Iran without any facts,” said one demonstrator, referencing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Another protester declared, “Israel is the state with nukes. Israel is the terror of the Middle East.”

President Donald Trump has kept the world guessing about whether the United States will join Israel's attacks on Iran.

Iran has reported at least 224 deaths in Israeli attacks, mostly civilians, but has not updated that toll for days.

Since Friday (June 13), Iran has fired around 400 missiles at Israel, some 40 of which have pierced air defenses, killing 24 people, all of them civilians, according to Israeli authorities.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JUNE 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS ARGUING

2. DEMONSTRATORS TAKING AWAY PROTESTER, BREAKING THE ARGUMENT

3. PERSON WAVING ISRAELI FLAG PASSING BEHIND DEMONSTRATION

4. DEMONSTRATOR HOLDING IRANIAN FLAG SHOUTING (English): "ISRAEL MUST NOT EXIST"

5. POLICE OFFICER GUIDING PERSON WAVING ISRAELI FLAG TO THE SIDE

6. TWO PEOPLE WAVING ISRAELI FLAGS, POLICE STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM

7. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAVING ISRAELI FLAGS BEHIND LINE OF POLICE OFFICERS, DEMONSTRATORS WAVING IRANIAN FLAG AND SHOUTING SLOGANS

8. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED

9. VARIOUS OF SECURITY AT PROTEST

10. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING (English) "NO US WAR ON IRAN. NO ISRAEL WAR ON IRAN."

11. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATOR AT PODIUM CHANTING SLOGANS (English): "FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE", "BRICK BY BRICK , WALL BY WALL, ZIONISM WILL FALL", "BRICK BY BRICK, WALL BY WALL, ISRAEL WILL FALL"

12. DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING BANNER, PLACARDS

13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST AT PODIUM, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING:

"Today we convene because the terror of the Zionist entity has spread beyond the borders of the Palestinian homeland. Shame! (CROWD RESPONDS) And the Zionist entity has put the people of Iran under its sights to spread its terror beyond the Palestinian homeland once again."

14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST AT PODIUM, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING:

"Israel, the terror of the Middle East, is the state with nukes. Israel is the terror of the Middle East. They, unprovoked, attack the state of Iran, putting people in harm's way for weapons that do not exist. Shame! (CROWD RESPONDS)."

13. ACTIVIST AT PODIUM, PALESTINIAN FLAG WAVING BEHIND, WHITE HOUSE IN BACKGROUND

14. DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING PLACARDS WITH LETTERS SPELLING (English): "NO IRAN WAR"

15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEMONSTRATOR, DINA (NO LAST NAME GIVEN), SAYING:

"My position is just peace. I don't know what they're doing. Like, all the governments are like, doing the worst they can do. All of them."

16. DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE

17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEMONSTRATOR, DINA (NO LAST NAME GIVEN), SAYING:

"I don't want war in Iran. Actually, it's my country. I don't want it to be destroyed. Because, like Benjamin Netanyahu is thinking they're having the nuclear weapons. It's like no fact based on that. He's just bombing Iran without any facts."

18. DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE HOLDING PLACARDS, CHANTING SLOGANS

19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) 'BLACK ALLIANCE FOR PEACE' ACTIVIST AT PODIUM, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING:

"The Middle East is on fire because Israeli and U.S. imperialism lit the match."

20. (SOUNDBITE) (English) 'BLACK ALLIANCE FOR PEACE' ACTIVIST AT PODIUM, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING:

"Israel is no more a Jewish state than the US is a Christian nation."

21. (SOUNDBITE) (English) 'BLACK ALLIANCE FOR PEACE' ACTIVIST AT PODIUM, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING:

"The international community must expel Israel from the United Nations."

22. FAMILY DURING PROTEST

23. FAMILY HOLDING PLACARDS WITH IRANIAN FLAG READING (English): "MY LIFE FOR IRAN"

24. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING SLOGANS UNDER THE RAIN

25. ORTHODOX JEWISH PERSON DURING PROTEST HOLDING PLACARD READING (English): "JEWS WORLDWIDE CONDEMN ZIONIST ATTACK ON IRAN. END OF ZIONISM = PEACE"

26. DEMONSTRATORS WITH UMBRELLAS UNDER THE RAIN OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE, HOLDING PLACARDS