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Over 100 cities across the world continue calls for Gaza ceasefire
People take part in a pro-Palestine march in central London, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Picture date: Saturday February 17, 2024.

THE streets of more than 100 cities in Britain and across the world echoed to chants of support for Palestine and the suffering people of Gaza over the weekend.

An estimated 250,000 people joined the march and rally in London, while thousands more marched in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Glasgow and other centres as part of the Global Day of Action.

Protesters carried banners demanding “ceasefire now” and chanted “free, free Palestine.”

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