The massive protest, the largest since the 2003 Iraq war demonstrations, defied attempts to ban it by the NSW Labor government and the police.

SYDNEY, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators braved pouring rain to march across Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge on Sunday calling for peace and aid deliveries in the war-torn Gaza Strip, where a humanitarian crisis has been worsening.

Organizers called for unrestricted aid into Gaza, an Israeli ceasefire and withdrawal from the enclave and sanctions and an arms embargo against Israel