Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters wave flags and hold placards as they pass through central London, during a March for Palestine on October 5, 2024. A Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 resulted in the death of 1,205 people on Israeli side, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures, which includes hostages killed in captivity. Out of 251 people taken hostage that day, 97 are still being held inside the Gaza Strip, including 33 who the Israeli military says are dead.
Israel's retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed at least 41,788 people, the majority of them civilians, according to figures provided by the Hamas-run territory's health ministry. The United Nations has described the figures as reliable. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Pro-Palestinian rallies staged worldwide ahead of October 7 anniversary

Thousands of people rallied around the world Saturday in support of Palestinians in Gaza ahead of the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 250 others taken hostage. The subsequent war Israel launched against Hamas in Gaza has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians, according to the health ministry there.

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Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters wave flags and hold placards as they pass through central London, during a March for Palestine on October 5, 2024. A Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 resulted in the death of 1,205 people on Israeli side, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures, which includes hostages killed in captivity. Out of 251 people taken hostage that day, 97 are still being held inside the Gaza Strip, including 33 who the Israeli military says are dead.
Israel's retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed at least 41,788 people, the majority of them civilians, according to figures provided by the Hamas-run territory's health ministry. The United Nations has described the figures as reliable. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Pro-Palestinian rallies staged worldwide ahead of October 7 anniversary
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