Millions of people around the world took to the streets, demanding an end to Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In the German capital Berlin, hundreds of people took to the streets demanding an end to the genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Similar protests condemning German government support for the Israeli occupation were also held in other cities across the country.
In the UK, thousands marched in the city of Manchester in a show of support for the people of Palestine, urging an immediate cessation of the Israeli war of genocide on the Gaza Strip.
London Tower Bridge closes as protests demand ceasefire
Pro-Palestinian protests in London forced London Police to close the Tower Bridge for about an hour as they demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The protests that continue in London weekly express the support of the… pic.twitter.com/IkWsgkDZcH
— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) February 24, 2024
Protests also took place in the Danish city of Aarhus, expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and condemning Israeli massacres against innocent civilians.
In the Netherlands, a demonstration took place in the city of Den Bosch, where protesters carried Palestinian flags and denounced the continued brutal Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
La testa dell'imponente corteo di #Milano centro il #genocidio in corso a #Gaza.
Siamo centinaia di migliaia.
W il popolo che alza la testa contro un governo collaborazionista. W la Resistenza palestinese all'occupazione. W i giovani che lottano.#FreePalestine#stopgenocidio pic.twitter.com/o4TjXQYY98— Potere al Popolo (@potere_alpopolo) February 24, 2024
In the Italian city of Milan, large crowds demonstrated, chanting slogans in support of Palestine and demanding an end to the occupation and an end to the Israeli massacres against Palestinian civilians.
In the French capital Paris, anti-Israeli war protests took place, while activists and supporters in the French city of Bordeaux placed fourteen thousand pairs of shoes in a public square to symbolize the number of Palestinian children victims in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Outside the BBC headquarters in Salford, England, hundreds of demonstrators rally to spotlight the killing of Palestinian children due to the Israeli aggression in Gaza. The protest aims to denounce the biased coverage of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.#GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/qwao7nXd0m
— Wafa News Agency – English (@WAFANewsEnglish) February 24, 2024
In Dallas, the USA, hundreds of people staged a protest against the US support for the Israeli occupation and condemned Washington’s continuous backing of the Israeli war machine.
Meanwhile, in Auckland, New Zealand, a march took place in protest of the Israeli war on Gaza and calling for the trial of occupation leaders for their crimes in Gaza.
Similar protests were also reported in the Irish capital of Dublin, the city of Cork, and many other cities and around the world.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 29,606 Palestinians have been killed, and 69,737 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Moreover, at least 7,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Dozens of demonstrators gather in front of the 2024 Césars awards ceremony in Paris in solidarity with Palestine and to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The protest was also against sexual violence in the French cinema industry. pic.twitter.com/z8yJTKZDN6
— Activestills (@activestills) February 24, 2024
Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7.
(WAFA, PC)
