Thousands call for immediate Gaza ceasefire during march in London

Thousands of people have gathered along Whitehall for a protest in support of Palestine which called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Those who marched from Russell Square to Parliament included children, parents, elderly and the disabled.

One speaker on stage estimated at least 150,000 people were there.

Marching outside Downing Street, protesters waved flags and placards and chanted slogans including “free, free Palestine” and “in our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians”.

Various speakers, including the Palestinian ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, gave speeches from a stage outside Parliament.

“I have questions. How do they sleep when they see the pictures of skeletal children shaking with fear?”

He added: “I know I can’t sleep, I know you can’t sleep.

Protesters could be heard chanting and clapping in agreement.

He later said: “Friends, I am angry, yes I am angry. I fear for my children. I rage, I rage at the world they will grow up in.

“But I also see hope… I see hope in the unbroken spirit of our people in Gaza.”

The Metropolitan Police said the Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest and the static Enough is Enough counter-protest ended by 5pm and people had left the area.