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pro-Palestinian march to Israel  embassy in London over ceasefire in Gaza.

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February 17

Pro-Palestinian demonstrating against Israel action in Gaza on the embassy of Israel in London

Tens of thousands of people haven taken part in a pro-Palestinian march in central London.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) march was calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war.

Saturday's march was the first protest to go near the Israeli embassy in west London since a static rally in October.

Some 1,500 officers have been deployed to police the protest, which is so far largely calm and peaceful.

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However, six people were arrested in one incident, on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, and police said there were five other arrests.

One person was detained on suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation, one person on suspicion of inciting racial hatred, one for carrying what police said was an antisemitic placard, and two for refusing to remove face coverings.

BBC News saw tens of thousands of people at the start of the march at Marble Arch. Demonstrators said it was one of busiest marches they have attended so far.

PSC criticised the government and Labour for refusing to call for an immediate ceasefire. The campaign group's Ben Jamal said there was "mounting pressure from world leaders" on Israel.

"The moral imperative is clear. An immediate ceasefire is a simple, absolute necessity," he said.

About 1500 have been  deployed  to curb down  the situation

It was the first demonstration in the area of the Israeli embassy since a protest was held two days after the 7 October attacks on Israel by Hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by the UK government.

Police restricted the start time of the march to ensure an event taking place at a synagogue would finish prior to the protest passing by the building.

The march set off along Park Lane around 13:30 GMT, and made its way along Knightsbridge and Kensington Road to near the Israeli embassy in Kensington, where speeches were taking place.

Addressing the crowd, the Palestinians' top envoy to the UK, Husam Zomlot, said: "Hang on to your anger, hang on to your enragement, hang on to your horror and use it, use it in the pursuit of justice."

Protesters had been told by police the march must stop by 17:00 and that demonstrators had to leave by 18:00.

Cdr Kyle Gordon appealed for marchers to stay within the law, after the force dealt with a number of offences involving placards and hate speech at previous protests.

The protest faced criticism from Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy, who accused the march of being "another antisemitic hate parade through London".

Israel launched its military offensive after waves of Hamas fighters burst through Israel's border on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people - mainly civilians - and taking about 250 others back to Gaza as hostages.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 28,600 people, mainly women and children - have been killed in Israel's campaign. Israel says its aim is to destroy Hamas and secure the return of the hostages.

Israel is being urged not to send ground forces into Rafah in southern Gaza and on the Egyptian border, where many Palestinians are living after areas closer to their homes were affected by fighting.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a pause to fighting to get aid in and hostages, and a "sustainable ceasefire".

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has said the government supports a "move from a pause - to get aid in and hostages out - towards a sustainable ceasefire, leading to a long term political solution, including a Palestinian state".

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer told BBC News on Saturday "we all want to get to a ceasefire" in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for an "immediate" ceasefire.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Sir Keir said: "We do need to get to a ceasefire, we all want to get to a ceasefire. The question is how do we get there? The fighting has to stop. Any assault on Rafah must be repelled, we must not allow that to go ahead".

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