2024-02-18 03:46:07
Tens of thousands participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the British capital, London, on Saturday, which witnessed the police arresting 12 people on several charges, including incitement to racial hatred and assaulting police officers.
AndThe demonstrators gathered On Park Lane in the center of the British capital, they carried banners demanding “ceasefire now” and chanting “Free Palestine.”
John Rees, of the “Stop the War” coalition, told AFP, “People are very concerned regarding a disaster adding to another existing disaster in Rafah.”
“What I hope is that we can avoid this tragedy becoming permanent,” he added.
London police reported that 12 people were arrested, including two for raising anti-Semitic banners.
The police said in their account on the X platform: “A man was seen in the crowd carrying an anti-Semitic banner, and when police officers intervened to arrest him, they were assaulted, which led to the arrest of six people.”
Police arrested two other people for refusing to remove a face mask, while another was arrested on suspicion of supporting a banned organization in relation to one of the banners.
Pro-Palestinian marches have been held every Saturday in London since the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas began.
On October 7, Hamas fighters launched an attack on southern Israel that left 1,160 people dead, most of them civilians, according to a count conducted by Agence France-Presse based on official Israeli data.
In response, Israel vowed to “eliminate” Hamas, and launched a major attack on Gaza that has killed 28,858 people so far, the vast majority of them civilians, women and minors, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.
Israel says 130 hostages are still being held in Gaza, including 30 who have died, out of a total of 250 people kidnapped on October 7.
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