A billboard overlooking a busy intersection in Melbourne’s inner north has been defaced with pro-Hamas graffiti on the second anniversary of the October 7 atrocities.

The phrase “Glory to Hamas” was scrawled on the billboard above the busy junction of Alexandra Parade and Brunswick Street in Fitzroy.

A prominent billboard in Fitzroy has been vandalised with a pro-Hamas message on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks. Credit: Alex Coppel

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles condemned the graffiti attack on Tuesday morning, labelling it “disgraceful” and “deeply offensive”.

“This day can only be one thing, and that is a day of commemoration and remembrance. It’s a deeply solemn day, and to have that message scrawled in that way is obviously disgraceful, a

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