Around 300,000 people participated in the pro-Palestinian demonstration on Saturday, November 11, in London, United Kingdom, to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, declared a spokesperson for the London police, mobilized in force to avoid any excesses while counter-protesters are also present in large numbers. It’s about “of the most important march” organized in the British capital since the bloody attack on October 7 carried out by Hamas against Israel, and the massive response launched by the Israeli army, said the Metropolitan Police. Follow our live stream.
A Propalestian demonstration underway in Paris. In the capital, several thousand pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been gathering since 3 p.m., leaving from Place de la République towards Place de la Nation. The organizers call for “an immediate ceasefire” in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Earlier in the day, several hundred people, more than 2,500 according to the CGT, 1,200 according to the prefecture, demonstrated peacefully in Toulouse in favor of “the peace”.
Two premature babies die in besieged Gaza’s largest hospital. The Israeli NGO Physician for Human Rights-Israel reported that “two premature babies (were) dead” after the forced shutdown of neonatal intensive care due to lack of electricity at al-Chifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip. There is also “a real risk for the lives of the 37 other premature babies” of this service, warns the NGO, while intense fighting opposes Israeli troops and Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters near this establishment.
The health system is “on its knees” in the Gaza Strip. The alert is given by the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO). Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus notably underlined that half of the 36 hospitals in the enclave were not functioning “not at all”. He mentioned “hospital corridors crowded with wounded, sick and dying people, overflowing morgues, surgeries without anesthesia, tens of thousands of people taking refuge in hospitals”.
A meeting in Riyadh. Arab leaders and the Iranian president are meeting in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for a joint summit. The Arab League will address “the way forward on the international stage to end the aggression, support Palestine and its people, condemn the Israeli occupation and hold it accountable for its crimes”declared Thursday the deputy secretary general of the organization, Hossam Zaki.
A first Israeli strike deep in Lebanon. An Israeli raid on Saturday targeted a vehicle in southern Lebanon, some 45 km north of the common border. The official ANI agency, which did not report any casualties, specified that“an enemy drone targeted a van which was in an orchard in the Zahrani region”, on the Lebanese coast. This is the first time that an objective has been targeted by an Israeli raid so far from the border.
Emmanuel Macron calls for a ceasefire. The French president has “urge[é] Israel to stop” bombings killing civilians in Gaza, in an interview with the BBC. “These babies, these women, these elderly people are being bombed and killed.” There is no “no justification” And “no legitimacy to that”he estimated.