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The newest protest comes a day after the UK abstained from voting on a UNSC decision demanding ceasefire, which the US vetoed.

Tens of hundreds of individuals have converged on the United Kingdom capital for one more weekend of protests, calling for a direct finish to Israel’s assault on Gaza and criticising their authorities for failing to vote in favour of a ceasefire within the besieged enclave.

The protesters marched from London’s Bank Junction to Parliament Square on Saturday, holding placards saying “Ceasefire now”, “End genocide” and the favored Palestinian slogan: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

Many on the march criticised the UK for abstaining from a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decision calling for a direct ceasefire in Gaza, which was vetoed by the United States.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had triggered the vote by invoking Article 99 of the UN constitution, a measure unused in a long time, saying that “the people of Gaza are looking into the abyss”.

The article permits the Secretary-General to “bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security”.

Israel’s struggle on Gaza has up to now led to the deaths of at the very least 17,700 Palestinians – greater than 70 p.c of them girls and youngsters.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition and Friends of Al Aqsa have been among the many teams that participated within the London rally, attended by 100,000 folks, in line with the organisers.

The London Metropolitan Police stated an estimated 40,000 attended, native media reported.

The march went on with out main incidents and beneath strict circumstances set out by the police, together with an exclusion zone to forestall the demonstrators from assembling across the Israeli embassy.

Police, in an announcement on X, stated 13 protesters have been arrested, principally for offensive placards. A lady was recognized by means of the police’s specialist Voyager CCTV monitoring staff and arrested for an alleged offence that came about throughout a earlier protest.

A person with a placard “making comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany” was additionally arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence, the police stated.

Protests and solidarity marches have been held in London and cities the world over because the begin of the Israel-Palestine battle two months in the past.

Last month, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who drew anger for accusing the police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian protesters and calling such demonstrations “hate marches”.