Large crowds of people marched through Cardiff on Saturday afternoon with signs calling for an end to the violence in Gaza. Marches have been in the city since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October. Gaza's health ministry says at least 17,487
Palestinians have been killed by aerial and ground assaults by
Israeli forces in Gaza, reports Reuters - saying Israeli tallies have the death toll from Hamas' attacks on Israel at 1,200. In
London, thousands of pro-Palestine
protesters gathered in Parliament Square to call for a ceasefire in the war, according to the PA news agency. The Senedd voted in early November to in the conflict. The war broke out following brutal, deadly attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas forces on October 7. An , reported by the Guardian, has since found 61% of the deaths in
Gaza from retaliatory airstrikes have been civilians - a proportion higher than in all world conflicts in the 20th century. Earlier in the week, hundreds of campaigners protested outside defence factories across the
UK - some of them operated by BAE Systems - urging the companies to end their ties with Israel. The Press Association news agency reported that some sites were blockaded, with one activist saying: "We are escalating our tactics and today’s blockades are seeing unprecedented numbers of people take part in the disruption of Israeli arms manufacturing in
Britain, in concert with workers targeting Israeli arms suppliers around Europe." Take a look at the pictures from today's rally here: