Protestors with 'red painted' hands hold sit-in at House hearing, call for cease-fire in Gaza

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 14 : Kenneth Michael Pollack an American former CIA intelligence analyst and expert on Middle East politics and military affairs testify before The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on 'Iran's Proxy in Yemen: The Houthi Threat to Middle East Stability, Global Shipping, and US Service members' Rayburn Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 14, 2024, in Washington, DC, United States. A group of activists staged a pro-Palestine protest Wednesday at a hearing of the US House of Representatives, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)