On the day when the first aid trucks entered Gaza, where more than a million people have left their homes because of the conflict, protesters gathered in the rain at Marble Arch near London’s Hyde Park before marching to the government district, Whitehall.
Police estimated the crowd winding its way through central London at “up to 100,000.”
Waving Palestinian flags, participants called for an end to Israel’s blockade and airstrikes in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave, launched in the wake of the devastating October 7 attack by Hamas on southern Israel in which 1,400 Israelis were killed.
Israel has long said its blockade of Gaza is necessary to prevent Hamas from freely arming itself for war and attacks. It says its airstrikes, in response to the brutal massacre, are targeting all areas where Hamas operates while aiming to minimize civilian casualties, and its goal following the terror group’s murderous rampage across southern Israel is to destroy it. READ MORE
