More than 70 arrests at UK protests after Israel kills 59 Palestinians

More than 70 arrests at UK protests after Israel kills 59 Palestinians

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More than 70 people were arrested today, because dozens of support showed Palestinian action (photo: rex)

More than 70 people were arrested today during protests in England and Wales against Palestinian action that was designated as a forbidden terror group.

The protesters gathered for the second week in a row to support the group – after the police said that showing support for Palestine action would be a criminal offense.

42 arrests were made in London, with another 16 made in Manchester and 13 others were arrested in Cardiff.

Two groups of demonstrators in London gathered under the statues of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela on Parliamentplein and wrote ‘I am opposed to genocide, I support Palestina action’ on cardboard.

Some protesters could be seen on the floor while the police searched their bags and took their ID cards and handmade signs.

Officers could then be seen those various demonstrators who lay down, lifted them off the ground and parked in waiting police vans around the square.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gary Roberts Photography/Shutterstock (15396698E) the first activist arrested. Palestina promotion arrests Manchester UK at 'Defen our Juries Protest' to support the prohibited group Palestine Action. More than a dozen protesters were removed by the police after they were removed from a protest on St. Peters Square by the Emmeline Pankhurst statue. British MPs voted to ban Palestinian action as a terrorist group. Palestine actions were held on the protest that led to the arrests. Several of those who had been removed wore dog crests. Palestine Action Protest judgment, Manchester, UK - 12 Jul 2025
The first arrested activist can be seen above (image: Shutterstock)

Other standing demonstrators were also led away from the images and placed in the vans.

All of the 42 arrests was one of the support for a forbidden organization, while one person was arrested for a common attack, said the with a post on X.

Greater Manchester Police said it had arrested 16 people under the Terrorism Act after responding to a protest on St Peter’s Square, Manchester, around 2.30 pm on Saturday.

The police of Zuid -Wales also confirmed that 13 people were arrested on suspicion of committing violations under the same law during a protest near Central Square, Cardiff.

Scotland Yard said his position will continue to exist that officers will act where criminal offenses, including support for prohibited groups or organizations, are committed.

The power added that this includes “singing, wearing clothes or displaying articles such as flags, plates or logos.”

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It comes when Israeli air strikes have killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, said hospital officials on Saturday, while 31 others were deadly shot on their way to help distribution sites.

Mandatory Credit: photo by Guy Bell/Shutterstock (15396694A) The small group with 'I support Palestine Action' placards are quickly surrounded by media and then the police - a protest to support Palestinian action on the Ghandi statue on parliament Square. They call on the government to cancel the separation to expect the group to expect after their attack on RAF aircraft. Palestine Action Protest in Westminster., London, UK - July 12, 2025
The protests happened on the same day dozens of Palestinians were killed (photo: Shutterstock)

The children and two women belonged to at least 13 people who were killed in Deir al-Balah, in the center of Gaza, after Israeli air strikes started the area from Friday too late, said officials in the Al-AQSA Martyr hospital.

Fifteen others died in Israeli air strikes in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to Nasser Hospital.

Separately, at least 31 people were killed on their way to a food distribution location near Rafah, said hospital officers and witnesses, including injured.

The Red Cross said that the field hospital saw its greatest inflow of deaths in more than a year of operation after the shootings, and that the vast majority of the more than 100 human -wounded Scotches had.

The Israeli army said that the warning shots had fired at people who were said to be suspected of not approaching. It added that it was not aware of any victims of the incident.

Witnesses there said they were on their way to the site looking for food and were shot.

Around 1,200 people killed by Hamas in their 7 October 2023, attacks on Israel and 251 kidnapped.

The offensive of Israel has killed more than 57,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to the health minister of Gaza.

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