The Metropolitan Police has warned anyone showing support for Hamas or deviating from the demonstration route could face arrest.
Thousands of people are expected to march in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London today as police warn anyone showing support for Hamas or deviating from the route could face arrest.
“More than 1,000 officers will be on duty to police the march, in addition to officers across the capital, and will work alongside stewards and organisers.”Credit: PA “Anyone with a flag in support of Hamas or any other proscribed terrorist organisation will be arrested.Palestinians have begun a mass exodus from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told them to evacuate ahead of an expected ground invasion.
The war has claimed at least 2,800 lives on both sides since Hamas launched an incursion on October 7, with Israel placing the 25-mile Gaza Strip under siege and subjecting it to a torrent of retaliatory air strikes. Archbishop Justin Welby said in a statement: “I plead that the sins of Hamas are not borne by the citizens of Gaza, who themselves have faced such suffering over many decades.A Section 12 will be in force from midday covering the demonstration route, which starts at Portland Place and finishes in Whitehall.Credit: Hatem Moussa/AP
At the same briefing, Mr Taylor told of a “massive increase” in antisemitic crime and incidents since the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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