On the ground in Gaza, fighting has reduced some streets to ruins, with the sounds of apparent explosions and gunfire caught Saturday on AFPTV's Gaza City camera. Some 150 people from the mass protest were detained under public order legislation for wearing face coverings and setting off fireworks, while 82 counter-protesters were held to prevent them infiltrating the main march. In London, police estimated that 300,000 people had turned out, 800,000 according to organisers. © YVES HERMAN / REUTERSĮlsewhere, more than 20,000 people marched through Brussels, some chanting "EU, shame on you" for perceived bias towards Israel at the expense of Palestinian lives and rights. People take part in a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Brussels, Belgium, November 11, 2023. "This mobilisation is essential, in the face of massacres," said LFI coordinator Manuel Bompard at the demonstration of about 1,300 people in Marseille. Gaza ceasefire rallies also took place in other French towns including Marseille, Toulouse, Rennes and Bordeaux. Paris march against anti-Semitism to go ahead without Macron or Muslim bodiesįrench MPs Mathilde Panot and Eric Coquerel, whose hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party has come under fire for an ambiguous stance on anti-Semitism, were present at the march."It is elementary that as activists or simple citizens, you go out on to the street to support the Palestinian people," said 85-year-old trade unionist Claude Marill. The Israeli air and ground military campaign in response has left more than 11,000 people in Gaza dead, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Hamas's shock 7 October attack killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in Israel and 239 people taken hostage, according to Israeli officials. "I came to support the Palestinian cause, for a ceasefire in Gaza," said engineer Ahlem Triki, a Palestinian flag over her shoulders.
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