London Police Brace for another day of protests about the Israel-Gaza conflict

Police in London prepared for Another day of manifestations Sunday as The war in Gaza Continue inflaming tensions throughout the United Kingdom. The last protests, demanding the launch of hostages that remain in Gaza, occur one day after hundreds of people were arrested in London to support a prohibited pro-palestinian group.

The protesters who ask for the release of hostages plan to march through the center of London to the residence of the prime minister at number 10 of Downing Street on Sunday afternoon. The march comes a day after the police arrested 474 people in a protest In support of a prohibited pro-palestinian organization.

Among which is expected to attend the rally is Noga Guttman, a 24 -year -old hostage cousin Evjatar Davidwho appeared in a video that enraged the Israelis when he was released by Hamas militants last week. The video showed a David Demacado saying that he is digging his own grave inside a tunnel in Gaza.

Militants led by Hamas kidnapped 251 people when they attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. About 50 of the hostages have not yet been released, of which 20 is believed to be alive.

Israel announced last week His intention to occupy the city of Gaza As part of a plan to finish the war and bring the captives home. Family members and many international leaders have condemned the plan, saying that it would lead to more bloodshed and endanger hostages.

The United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, were among them. Türk, in a statement issued after Israel’s announcement, said the “government plan for a complete military acquisition of the occupied Gaza Strip must stop immediately.” He added that “greater climbing will result in a more massive forced displacement, more murder, more unbearable suffering, meaningless destruction and crimes of atrocity.”

Meanwhile, Starmer described the “bad” Israel plan and said that “he would do nothing to put an end to this conflict or help ensure the liberation of hostages.”

Stop The Hate, a coalition of groups that organize the march for London on Sunday, said in a statement that “they are united in a clear and urgent demand: the immediate and unconditional liberation of all hostages.”

“Regardless of our various political views, this is not a political problem, it is human,” said the coalition.

On Saturday, the police arrested hundreds of people in downtown London when protesters sought to press the government to revoke their decision to ban the Palestine Action group as a terrorist organization. The legislation approved last month is a crime to publicly support the group.

The Metropolitan Police Service said it arrested 466 people for supporting the action of Palestine. OTHER EIGHT were arrested for other positions, including assaults on police officers. Police said this was the largest number of arrests made in a single day in the last 10 years, News themezone BBC News partner reported.

The Government prohibited Palestine’s action after activists broke into a real air force base and damaged two cistern aircraft to protest against British support for war in Gaza. Palestine Action had previously attacked Israeli defense contractors and other sites in Great Britain that believe they have links with the Israeli army.

The supporters of the Palestine action are challenging the prohibition in the Court, saying that the Government has gone too far by declare a terrorist organization to a direct action group.

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