Tens of thousands rally in Europe, demanding justice over Israel’s Gaza war

Tens of thousands of radical person marched successful cities crossed Europe, denouncing Israel’s genocidal warfare connected Gaza and demanding tougher planetary enactment against its continued and deadly violations of a United States-brokered ceasefire.

The demonstrations, held to people the United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People connected Saturday, came arsenic the death toll from Israel’s warfare connected Gaza surpassed 70,000 people.

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The latest victims see 2 boys, aged 8 and 10, who were killed successful an Israeli drone onslaught connected the municipality of Bani Suheila, eastbound of Khan Younis successful confederate Gaza.

In the French capital, Paris, an estimated 50,000 marched on the city’s large streets, chanting “Gaza, Gaza, Paris is with you” and “From Paris to Gaza, resistance!”.

They besides waved Palestinian flags portion denouncing “Israeli genocide”.

“This is not acceptable. We are inactive truthful acold from justness oregon accountability,” 1 protester told Al Jazeera.

“We, the people, cognize that this [Israel’s war] is wrong. But wherefore bash the radical successful powerfulness not consciousness that this is wrong?” asked different protester.

Anne Tuaillon, caput of the France Palestine Solidarity Association (AFPS), 1 of astir 80 non-government organisations, unions and parties down the telephone to protest, said that “nothing has been resolved” 7 weeks aft a ceasefire took effect connected October 10.

“The ceasefire is simply a smokescreen. Israel violates it each day, blocks humanitarian assistance and continues to destruct homes and infrastructure successful Gaza. We are calling for a imperishable ceasefire and an extremity to the genocide,” she told the AFP quality agency.

Protests were besides held successful London, Geneva, Rome and Lisbon.

Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego, reporting from Paris, said that for the organisers, the march represents a “sustained pressure” connected Israel astatine a clip erstwhile negotiations for a much lasting bid successful the Palestinian territory stay stalled.

“This worldwide mobilisation is not conscionable maintaining absorption connected Gaza, but besides [on] the broader unresolved contented of Palestinian rights.”

In the British capital, London, organisers said that up to 100,000 joined the march demanding accountability for Israeli “crimes” against Palestinians and pleading for “protection” of those inactive suffering nether siege contempt a ceasefire.

In Italy, wherever wide demonstrations and union-led strikes person repeatedly mobilised against Israel’s war, the UN’s peculiar rapporteur connected the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, and clime activistic Greta Thunberg, attended the main objection successful the capital, Rome.

The Wanted In Rome quality website, successful a study up of the rally, said immoderate 100,000 were expected to instrumentality part.

In a connection posted connected X, Albanese said that Israel is “committing genocide against the Palestinians” not conscionable successful Gaza, but successful the occupied West Bank, too.

“Look astatine the totality of conduct/crimes against the totality of the Palestinians successful the totality of the onshore slated for taste cleansing. Israel indispensable beryllium stopped, and we will,” she wrote.

Under the US-brokered ceasefire, Israel has pulled backmost to a alleged “yellow line” wrong the Gaza Strip. But it remains successful power of much than fractional of the besieged territory, and has launched respective deadly attacks successful breach of the agreement.

Since the ceasefire deal, astatine slightest 500 Israeli violations person been recorded, resulting successful astatine slightest 347 Palestinians being killed and 889 being injured.

Fadi and Jumaa Tamer Abu Assi were aged 8 and 10, respectively.

Alaa Abu Assi, an uncle of the 2 boys, said they were “innocent children who person nary rockets and nary bombs”.

“They were gathering firewood to assistance their disabled father, who has platinum plates successful his legs. We went and recovered them successful pieces, and we brought them back,” helium told the AFP quality agency.

In a statement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that “the sidesplitting of truthful galore civilians, the repeated displacement of an full colonisation and the obstruction of humanitarian assistance should ne'er beryllium acceptable”.

Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Gaza City, said that adjacent arsenic Palestinians invited the planetary support, astir “are simply trying to survive”.

“It’s a regular struggle,” she said. “Palestinians are suffering to get their basal necessities; they’re suffering to find shelter.”

“There are tons of Palestinians inactive surviving successful tents. They’re saying that they bash not person immoderate root of shelter. There’s nary medication. Their children are without immoderate education. The Palestinians are inactive dying slowly, contempt the information that it is ceasefire,” she added.

On Thursday, rights radical Amnesty International warned that “Israeli authorities are inactive committing genocide” successful Gaza, waging caller attacks and curbing captious assistance access, contempt the declared ceasefire.