Chicago police said in a statement that protesters “breached a portion of anti-scale fencing along the Democratic National Convention’s outer perimeter”.
“Law enforcement personnel were immediately on-scene and contained the situation. At no point was the inner perimeter breached, and there was no threat to any protectees,” police said.
Police later advanced on a park near the convention centre to clear it of demonstrators.
Chants of “Free Palestine” and “Let’s March” continued as about half a dozen holdout activists, one wearing a pink gas mask, began to leave.
The Gaza war has been a hugely divisive issue for the Democratic Party ahead of the Nov 5 election.
It has threatened to alienate Muslim and Arab-American voters, once a reliable Democratic voting bloc, particularly in key battleground states.
Biden, in his speech, said his administration will keep working to “bring peace and security to the Middle East”.
“We’re working around the clock … to prevent a wider war and reunite hostages with their families, and surge humanitarian health and food assistance into Gaza now, to end the civilian suffering of the Palestinian people, and finally, finally, finally deliver a ceasefire and end this war.”
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