Demonstrations in many capitals demand the entry of aid to Gaza, denounce Israeli violations

In the Turkish capital Ankara, the Ankara Platform for Solidarity with Palestine organized a demonstration denouncing Israel’s violations of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Demonstrators gathered in front of the US embassy in the Turkish capital and chanted slogans against Israel.

The platform’s spokesperson, Aziz Oguzhan Karaman, delivered a press statement in which he indicated that Gaza, which has been under an Israeli blockade for 20 years, has been suffering from continuous Israeli attacks since October 2023.

Karaman pointed out that Zionist regime’s continues its attacks despite the ceasefire agreement, saying that Israel violated the agreement 1,520 times. The Israeli attacks that breached the agreement resulted in the killing of 566 Palestinians and the injury of 1,418 people. During the ceasefire period, Israel destroyed 221 homes.

He emphasized that the ceasefire in Gaza must not lead to forgetting the genocide committed by Zionist regime, calling on people of conscience around the world to continue raising their voices against the occupation.

In the Tunisian capital, dozens participated in an event organized under the title “A Stand of Anger Against the Continuation of the Aggression”, called for by activists from associations and organizations such as the Tunisian Coalition to Support the Palestinian Right, the Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine, and the Tunisian Network to Oppose Normalization.

The head of the Ansar Palestine Association, Mourad Al Yaacoubi, said that the rally is a response to the call issued by the Hamas Movement to all free people among Arabs and Muslims and throughout the world to make Friday, Saturday, and Sunday days of uprising and continuous demonstrations to remind of the tragedy of Gaza.

Al Yaacoubi added that the siege on Gaza is still ongoing and the genocide continues, stressing the necessity for Tunisians to continue supporting Gaza because it is being subjected to an ongoing genocide, in response to the call of the Hamas Movement, in support of Palestine, and in denunciation of the crime committed by Israel against it.

He said, our goal is to urge and raise the awareness of Tunisians about the importance of the Palestinian right, and that it is an Arab and Islamic right that everyone must remember. He stressed that all forms of support for the cause must not be underestimated, through demonstrating, or sending humanitarian and financial aid to Gaza, or boycotts, and that we must not lag behind the caravan of support for Palestinians.

During the stand, Tunisian protesters, who carried Palestinian flags, chanted slogans including: “At your service, at your service, O Aqsa”, “Gaza is calling, they besieged me and starved my children”, and “Gaza drowned, Gaza starved.”

The Hamas Movement had called for continuous global mobilization on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays of every week to pressure the Israeli government to stop the aggression on the Gaza Strip, adhere to the ceasefire, open the crossings, begin relief efforts, and start reconstruction.

In the Swedish capital, hundreds of people supporting Palestine demonstrated in protest against Israel’s breach of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Media outlets reported that hundreds of supporters of Palestine gathered in Odenplan Square in central Stockholm, at the invitation of civil society organizations.

The demonstrators expressed their anger over Israel’s attacks on Gaza, in violation of the ceasefire that entered into force on 11 October 2025. The demonstrators also condemned the restrictions and obstacles imposed by Israeli forces on the entry of humanitarian aid to those in need in Gaza.

Later, the demonstrators marched to the Swedish parliament building, raising placards bearing phrases calling for an end to the genocide in the enclave.

On the other hand, the French capital Paris witnessed a demonstration in solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Sudan, and Venezuela in the face of discrimination and repression.

The demonstration came in response to a call by associations and organizations, with hundreds of demonstrators participating to express their protest against the discrimination and repression faced by the peoples of those countries. The demonstrators affirmed their solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Sudan, and Venezuela, raising placards with phrases such as “Boycott Israel”, while carrying the flags of Palestine and Venezuela.

These Israeli violations come despite the announcement by the US administration in mid-January of the start of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement.

The martyr toll of the Zionist regime’s genocide in Gaza Strip has risen since the beginning of the war on 7 October 2023 to 72,027 martyrs while 171,561 were wounded. It has also left massive destruction in 90% of civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.