03:17Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Saturday to demand an end to the violence in the Middle East following a dramatic escalation in the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Footage shows large crowds waving Palestinian and Lebanese flags at Place Joachim du Bellay, chanting while holding banners and placards bearing slogans such as 'hands off!' and 'stop the collaboration'.
"Macron does whatever he wants!" a protester said. "He's sending weapons. Do you think that's normal? Down with our rulers who arm the occupiers!"
On Monday (September 23), Israel announced the start of a campaign of airstrikes on Hezbollah positions dubbed 'Operation Northern Arrows'. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that these attacks have resulted in more than 1,030 deaths and left 6,300 people injured.
"There is no doubt this is a severe blow to the Lebanese resistance," a second demonstrator added. "The Lebanese people will recover, perhaps at the cost of a long and bloody resistance, because Israel has no intention of stopping."
On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed reports that its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had died following an Israeli airstrike on the militant group's central headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs.
In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Nasrallah's death 'settled the account' with a 'mass murderer', describing the Hezbollah leader as a terrorist and the 'central engine of Iran's axis of evil'.
Tensions between the sides escalated in mid-September after a series of explosions of wireless communications devices used by Hezbollah left dozens dead and thousands injured. Hezbollah responded by launching hundreds of rockets into northern Israel.
Hezbollah, Lebanese, and Palestinian factions have been exchanging cross-border shelling with the Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
'Israel has no intention of stopping!' - Thousands join Paris rally against strikes on Gaza, Lebanon
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Saturday to demand an end to the violence in the Middle East following a dramatic escalation in the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Footage shows large crowds waving Palestinian and Lebanese flags at Place Joachim du Bellay, chanting while holding banners and placards bearing slogans such as 'hands off!' and 'stop the collaboration'.
"Macron does whatever he wants!" a protester said. "He's sending weapons. Do you think that's normal? Down with our rulers who arm the occupiers!"
On Monday (September 23), Israel announced the start of a campaign of airstrikes on Hezbollah positions dubbed 'Operation Northern Arrows'. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that these attacks have resulted in more than 1,030 deaths and left 6,300 people injured.
"There is no doubt this is a severe blow to the Lebanese resistance," a second demonstrator added. "The Lebanese people will recover, perhaps at the cost of a long and bloody resistance, because Israel has no intention of stopping."
On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed reports that its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had died following an Israeli airstrike on the militant group's central headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs.
In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Nasrallah's death 'settled the account' with a 'mass murderer', describing the Hezbollah leader as a terrorist and the 'central engine of Iran's axis of evil'.
Tensions between the sides escalated in mid-September after a series of explosions of wireless communications devices used by Hezbollah left dozens dead and thousands injured. Hezbollah responded by launching hundreds of rockets into northern Israel.
Hezbollah, Lebanese, and Palestinian factions have been exchanging cross-border shelling with the Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Saturday to demand an end to the violence in the Middle East following a dramatic escalation in the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Footage shows large crowds waving Palestinian and Lebanese flags at Place Joachim du Bellay, chanting while holding banners and placards bearing slogans such as 'hands off!' and 'stop the collaboration'.
"Macron does whatever he wants!" a protester said. "He's sending weapons. Do you think that's normal? Down with our rulers who arm the occupiers!"
On Monday (September 23), Israel announced the start of a campaign of airstrikes on Hezbollah positions dubbed 'Operation Northern Arrows'. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that these attacks have resulted in more than 1,030 deaths and left 6,300 people injured.
"There is no doubt this is a severe blow to the Lebanese resistance," a second demonstrator added. "The Lebanese people will recover, perhaps at the cost of a long and bloody resistance, because Israel has no intention of stopping."
On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed reports that its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had died following an Israeli airstrike on the militant group's central headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs.
In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Nasrallah's death 'settled the account' with a 'mass murderer', describing the Hezbollah leader as a terrorist and the 'central engine of Iran's axis of evil'.
Tensions between the sides escalated in mid-September after a series of explosions of wireless communications devices used by Hezbollah left dozens dead and thousands injured. Hezbollah responded by launching hundreds of rockets into northern Israel.
Hezbollah, Lebanese, and Palestinian factions have been exchanging cross-border shelling with the Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.