At least two dozen protesters are detained and zip-tied on median after pro-Palestine protest on Philadelphia expressway I-76 during rush hour

At least two dozen pro-Palestine protesters were detained and zip-tied as they blocked a Philadelphia's I-76 Thursday evening. 

The protesters called for a ceasefire in Gaza as they lined up and blocked traffic on the westbound lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway in Center City near the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Police reported that a group of about 150 people with Jewish Voice for Peace started to gather on the Spring Garden Street Bridge around 3.30pm as they hung banners that said 'Let Gaza Live' and 'Ceasefire Now.' 

Protestors below the bridge then hopped out of cars and shut down lanes on I-76 as Pennsylvania State Police and and Philadelphia police approached the group. 

Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said that 32 people were arrested and will be cited. 

The Schuylkill Expressway has since opened back up but the Spring Garden Street Bridge above the highway remains closed. 

Rabbis for Ceasefire also joined in on the protest along with other faith community leaders and allies. 

The protestors described themselves as 'Jewish community members who support freedom and dignity for all people.' 

Rabbi Alissa Wise, the leader of Rabbis for Ceasefire said that she could not celebrate the eighth and final night of Hanukkah while the Israel-Hamas war goes on. 

'This is how we celebrate Hanukkah this year. This year means disrupting business as usual,' Wise tole The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Rabbis on the bridge lit a Shamash candle on a menorah as they led the group in Hebrew songs and called for peace. 

Protestors took the streets of Washington on Thursday as well as they blocked off New York Avenue.