03:42Thousands of protesters gathered in Brussels on Monday to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian people during the first anniversary of the outbreak of the ongoing fighting in Gaza.
Footage features people waving flags, lighting candles, chanting slogans and holding signs reading: 'Free Gaza', 'Resistance is not terrorism', among others.
"Today in Brussels we are trying our best to commemorate the mourning of having lost more than 41,000 lives minimum while Israel is continuing to be armed by the United States to do seven frontal attacks not only on the Palestinian people but against Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and they are not stopping! That's where the problem is! And today Brussels people have had enough!" one of the protesters said.
Another respondent mentioned that she joined the rally in support of the Palestinian people to "denounce the ongoing genocide, the occupation and the travesty committed by Israel."
"We've been witnessing the extermination of people for a year now. We're seeing inescapable scenes on our mobile phones. It has to stop now!" the woman concluded.
Similar protests have erupted in countries such as New Zealand, Germany, France, Chile, Spain, Morocco, Australia, Mexico, Italy, and the US as Monday marks the first anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched an unprecedented assault on southern Israel. Israel reported that 1,139 people were killed, mostly civilians and that Hamas fighters had seized at least 251 hostages before returning to Gaza.
In response, Israel initiated an air campaign and a ground offensive into Gaza, where Palestinian authorities claim over 40,000 people have since been killed, although the death toll is thought to be higher.
Israel has strongly denied allegations of 'genocide', also made by a number of countries at the International Criminal Court, and says its actions in Gaza are in self-defence and against Hamas operatives and infrastructure.
A number of hostage-prisoner swaps have taken place, although talks to agree a permanent ceasefire have stalled. The conflict recently spread to Lebanon, where Israel launched a 'limited' ground incursion against militant group Hezbollah following a campaign of airstrikes. The sides have conducted cross-border strikes since the outbreak of the Gaza war.
'It has to stop now!' - Thousands rally in Brussels in support of Palestinians on Oct 7 anniversary
Thousands of protesters gathered in Brussels on Monday to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian people during the first anniversary of the outbreak of the ongoing fighting in Gaza.
Footage features people waving flags, lighting candles, chanting slogans and holding signs reading: 'Free Gaza', 'Resistance is not terrorism', among others.
"Today in Brussels we are trying our best to commemorate the mourning of having lost more than 41,000 lives minimum while Israel is continuing to be armed by the United States to do seven frontal attacks not only on the Palestinian people but against Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and they are not stopping! That's where the problem is! And today Brussels people have had enough!" one of the protesters said.
Another respondent mentioned that she joined the rally in support of the Palestinian people to "denounce the ongoing genocide, the occupation and the travesty committed by Israel."
"We've been witnessing the extermination of people for a year now. We're seeing inescapable scenes on our mobile phones. It has to stop now!" the woman concluded.
Similar protests have erupted in countries such as New Zealand, Germany, France, Chile, Spain, Morocco, Australia, Mexico, Italy, and the US as Monday marks the first anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched an unprecedented assault on southern Israel. Israel reported that 1,139 people were killed, mostly civilians and that Hamas fighters had seized at least 251 hostages before returning to Gaza.
In response, Israel initiated an air campaign and a ground offensive into Gaza, where Palestinian authorities claim over 40,000 people have since been killed, although the death toll is thought to be higher.
Israel has strongly denied allegations of 'genocide', also made by a number of countries at the International Criminal Court, and says its actions in Gaza are in self-defence and against Hamas operatives and infrastructure.
A number of hostage-prisoner swaps have taken place, although talks to agree a permanent ceasefire have stalled. The conflict recently spread to Lebanon, where Israel launched a 'limited' ground incursion against militant group Hezbollah following a campaign of airstrikes. The sides have conducted cross-border strikes since the outbreak of the Gaza war.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Brussels on Monday to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian people during the first anniversary of the outbreak of the ongoing fighting in Gaza.
Footage features people waving flags, lighting candles, chanting slogans and holding signs reading: 'Free Gaza', 'Resistance is not terrorism', among others.
"Today in Brussels we are trying our best to commemorate the mourning of having lost more than 41,000 lives minimum while Israel is continuing to be armed by the United States to do seven frontal attacks not only on the Palestinian people but against Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and they are not stopping! That's where the problem is! And today Brussels people have had enough!" one of the protesters said.
Another respondent mentioned that she joined the rally in support of the Palestinian people to "denounce the ongoing genocide, the occupation and the travesty committed by Israel."
"We've been witnessing the extermination of people for a year now. We're seeing inescapable scenes on our mobile phones. It has to stop now!" the woman concluded.
Similar protests have erupted in countries such as New Zealand, Germany, France, Chile, Spain, Morocco, Australia, Mexico, Italy, and the US as Monday marks the first anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched an unprecedented assault on southern Israel. Israel reported that 1,139 people were killed, mostly civilians and that Hamas fighters had seized at least 251 hostages before returning to Gaza.
In response, Israel initiated an air campaign and a ground offensive into Gaza, where Palestinian authorities claim over 40,000 people have since been killed, although the death toll is thought to be higher.
Israel has strongly denied allegations of 'genocide', also made by a number of countries at the International Criminal Court, and says its actions in Gaza are in self-defence and against Hamas operatives and infrastructure.
A number of hostage-prisoner swaps have taken place, although talks to agree a permanent ceasefire have stalled. The conflict recently spread to Lebanon, where Israel launched a 'limited' ground incursion against militant group Hezbollah following a campaign of airstrikes. The sides have conducted cross-border strikes since the outbreak of the Gaza war.