Thousands take part in pro-Palestinian march

A pro-Palestinian objection is marching done cardinal London, with protesters calling for an contiguous ceasefire successful Gaza and an extremity to the escalating struggle successful the Middle East.

The radical - thought to beryllium a fewer 1000 beardown - is marching from Russell Square to Whitehall, wherever speeches volition beryllium given.

The lawsuit has been organised by groups including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, with radical travelling from crossed the UK to instrumentality part.

It comes arsenic a policing cognition is successful spot crossed the capital, 1 twelvemonth aft the 7 October attacks successful Israel.

The Metropolitan Police said it was hard to accurately estimation turnout but the protestation "appears to beryllium greater than different caller protests".

People could beryllium seen carrying Palestinian flags and placards with connection "ceasefire now" and "hands disconnected Lebanon", and chanting "stop the bombing now".

A counter-protest besides took spot forcing constabulary to signifier a cordon betwixt the 2 marches.

But a tiny radical broke distant from the pro-Palestinian protestation and were stopped trying to attack the counter-protest astatine Aldwych. Three radical were arrested aft officers intervened.

Conditions were imposed to determination the counter-protest radical backmost to Trafalgar Square arsenic it got "too adjacent to the main march and good distant from the agreed area", constabulary said.

Two radical person besides been arrested connected suspicion of assaulting an exigency worker.

Separately, pro-Palestinian supporters are walking done the centre of Edinburgh connected Saturday afternoon.

On Sunday afternoon, a memorial lawsuit volition instrumentality spot successful Hyde Park organised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Jewish Leadership Council and different groups.

The warfare began erstwhile Hamas gunmen attacked Israel connected 7 October past year, sidesplitting astir 1,200 radical and taking 251 others arsenic hostages.

Israel responded with a subject run successful Gaza that has present killed astatine slightest 41,825 people, according to the Hamas-run wellness ministry.