More than 70 people were arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London
Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in central London on Sunday, in a demonstration during which more than 70 people were arrested, hours before the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into force after a 15-month war.
The police announced in a statement reported by Agence France-Presse that this is the largest number of arrests we have witnessed since the start of the pro-Palestinian marches in London in October. 2023.
Sophie Mason, a 50-year-old woman from London who used to participate in pro-Palestinian protests in the British capital, said, “We want to be optimistic about the truce agreement, and we have to go out to the streets to make sure the ceasefire holds.”
The truce, which is scheduled to begin in the coming hours, includes the release of Israeli detainees held by Hamas and Palestinian detainees held by Israel, and the Israeli withdrawal from residential areas. Overcrowding in Gaza and an increase in humanitarian aid.
The march turned into a fixed gathering in Whitehall, the main street in a neighborhood that includes the headquarters of the most prominent ministries, after the police rejected the route proposed by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which passed alongside a Jewish synagogue.
The police, which deployed its members in large numbers, announced on the “X” platform: At the end of the afternoon, it arrested between 20 and 30 demonstrators who exceeded the permissible limit, shortly after it announced the arrest of 7 other demonstrators.
The participants raised banners that read: Stop arming Israel, and stop the massacre in Gaza, and some chanted from the river to By the sea, Palestine will be liberated.
At least 46,899 people, most of them civilians, were martyred in the Israeli attack on Gaza, According to data from the Ministry of Health, which the United Nations considers reliable.
According to the United Nations, the war caused unprecedented destruction in modern history in the besieged Palestinian Strip.
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