Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in central London on Saturday calling for a right away cease-fire within the ongoing Israeli struggle on Palestinians.
It was the third consecutive weekend that the British capital had seen a big rally in help of Palestinians because the indiscriminate Israeli bombing of Gaza in response to Oct. 7 Hamas incursion.
The well being ministry in Gaza mentioned Israeli strikes had killed 7,703 folks, primarily civilians, with greater than 3,500 of them youngsters. In comparability to 1,400 Israeli casualties.
Saturday’s protest in London got here as Israel’s military intensified its assault on the war-torn Gaza Strip late Friday.
Many demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans together with “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
They additionally held indicators that learn “Free Palestine” and “Gaza, stop the massacre,” whereas some protesters let off fireworks and pink and inexperienced flares.
Dani Nadiri, 36, mentioned U.Okay. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s name for a “humanitarian pause” within the combating to permit assist into Gaza and hostages to go away was not sufficient.
“A full cease-fire needs to happen,” the TV producer advised AFP, including: “It’s time now to do something rather than let it escalate any further.”
Noori Butt, from Luton in southern England, mentioned she simply needed the struggle “to end.”
“It can’t go on like this. The world is dying and I want lasting peace for everybody. That’s the way it should be,” the 38-year-old instructor advised AFP.
About 100,000 folks had been anticipated to hitch the “March for Palestine,” in accordance with London’s Metropolitan Police, which mentioned it had deployed greater than 1,000 officers to patrol the march.
The demonstrators gathered at Victoria Embankment at noon, earlier than making their solution to the British parliament in Westminster.
Nearly 100,000 folks attended an analogous march in London final Saturday. Thousands additionally rallied within the British capital on Oct. 14.
Other rallies happened Saturday in Manchester and Glasgow, Scotland.
The U.Okay. authorities’s stance on refraining from calling for a cease-fire is in keeping with the place of the United States – each say Israel has the best to defend itself inside worldwide legislation.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly mentioned Saturday that Hamas has given no indication it “desires or would abide by calls for a cease-fire.”
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