OAKLAND, Calif. — Rain did not dissuade scores of protesters from gathering at the Port of Oakland by 5 a.m. Saturday, opposing the United States’ continued military aid in Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. Several hours before sunrise, hundreds of community members began pounding drums and chanting near Middle Harbor Shoreline Park and 7th Street to disrupt port operations. The demonstration, organized by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, successfully shut down the first shift of longshoremen scheduled for work Saturday, according to Wassim Hage, an AROC spokesperson. The crowd dispersed …