Thousands of protesters have urged the Amman government to step up its retaliatory airstrikes against ISIL positions after the ruthless killing of a Jordanian pilot at the hands of the Takfiri terrorist group.

According to Press TV, large crowds of demonstrators rallied in the capital city of Amman on Friday and called on King Abdullah II to revenge for the pilot's death by escalating air campaign against the ISIL positions across the Mideast region.

The angry demonstrators chanted anti-ISIL slogans and also carried banners and placards reading, "Death to Daesh (ISIL)."

Queen Rania, the wife of King Abdullah, joined the protesters, carrying a picture of the pilot.

The rally came days after the ISIL released a video on the Internet showing the Takfiri terrorists setting alight the Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh, who had been taken hostage in December. The pilot was captured by ISIL terrorists when his plane went down in northern Syria during a mission against the terrorist group.

The video showed Kasasbeh dressed in an orange jumpsuit and surrounded by flames of fire inside a metal cage.

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