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Pro-Palestine protests appear across Europe's big cities while Israel continues to attack despite the ceasefire.
London, Stockholm and Amsterdam host marches on Saturday, July 18.
Demonstrators in London demand sanctions against Israel from their new prime minister, Andy Burnham, on Saturday. Burnham is expected to take office on July 20.
Protesters who gathered in the Russell Square area marched to Whitehall, where the Prime Minister’s Office and government ministries are located.
Thousands of people carried posters with words such as “Stop Gaza Genocide" and “Stop Arming Israel."
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also attended the march. He urged Burnham to end what he described as the UK’s complicity in genocide.
Swedish protesters who gathered at Odenplan Square, in Stockholm, also marched on Saturday and condemned Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
They carried a poster written, “Stop Israel’s genocide of the people of Gaza, Nakba 1948 Disaster, Israel’s colonisation and occupation of Palestine continues.”
According to Gaza's Health Ministry, Israeli ceasefire violations have killed more than 1,144 Palestinians and injured 3,703 others as of Friday.
Protesters call for an end to civilian deaths and bombings. Meanwhile, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed more than 4,300 people and wounded 12,200 since March 2, according to official Lebanese figures.
People in Amsterdam gather in front of the Dutch Red Cross (Rode Kruis) to show solidarity with Palestine on Saturday.
They demand the release of Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, chief physician of Kamal Adwan Hospital, whose health condition is reportedly worsening while being held in an Israeli prison.
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