STORY: Despite efforts to disrupt the evening, law enforcement successfully prevented the protesters from reaching the museum.
Participants displayed signs with messages like 'End the occupation of Palestine,' 'Shut down the campuses,' 'End the genocide,' and others.
The invitation-only Met Gala, famous for its celebrities and extravagant outfits, is a benefit for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and marks the opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibition.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attended a protest near the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.
The invitation-only Met Gala, famed for its celebrities and extravagant outfits, is a benefit for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and marks the opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit.
Vogue editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, has organized and presided over the event since 1995.
This year's celebrity co-chairs for the fundraising dinner also include Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Zendaya and Jennifer Lopez.
More than 34,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's military operations in Gaza during the seven-month war, according to health officials in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave. The war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7, killing some 1,200 people and abducting 252 others, 133 of whom are believed to remain in captivity in Gaza, according to Israeli figures.
