A whole lot of hundreds of individuals gathered in central London to march in solidarity with Palestine, chanting “Stop bombing Gaza” and “Ceasefire now”.
Metropolitan police mentioned about 300,000 folks attended the pro-Palestine march, which wound its method from Hyde Park to the US embassy about 5km (3 miles) away.
The “National March for Palestine” on Saturday is the newest in a sequence of rallies within the British capital to indicate assist for the Palestinians since Israel launched an air and floor offensive on the Gaza Strip following Palestinian group Hamas’s assaults on southern Israel on October 7.
The march passed off as right-wing counterprotesters clashed with police after per week of indignant debate over whether or not to allow the occasion in assist of Palestinians to happen on Armistice Day, which marks the top of World Warfare I and commemorates these killed in army motion.
Police mentioned 82 counterprotesters have been arrested to “prevent a breach of the peace”.