Around 300,000 people participated this Saturday in a pro-Palestine march in London call for a ceasefire in Linka police spokesman told AFP.
It’s about “the biggest march” organized in the British capital since the bloody attack of Hamas against Israel he October 7th and the massive response of the Israeli army, the metropolitan police detailed in X.
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The manifestation, which coincides with the Armistice Day -which commemorates the end of fighting in First World War in 1918 -, was accompanied by a massive police detachment to prevent riots.
The protesters, who calmly waved Palestinian flags and banners to demand a “Stop bombing Gaza”, they shouted slogans like “Free Palestine” It is “Cease fire now”, five weeks after the deadly attack by the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas against Israel that left 1,200 people dead, according to Israeli authorities.
The bombings and the ground operation launched in retaliation by Israel, which seeks to “annihilate” for Hamas, caused more than 11,000 deaths in Gaza stripincluding more than 4,500 children, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.
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The important security device implemented sought to avoid excesses, after the police had detained around 200 people in previous marches.to Palestine”, organized since the beginning of the conflict.
The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunakasked protesters on Friday to march “peacefully and respectfully”.
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