Nine police officers were injured after a protest against the conflict in Gaza on Saturday as attendees threw eggs and bottles at police. Thousands of people flocked to Kensington High Street after marching from Marble Arch to the Israeli embassy. Protesters scaled the scaffolding on Northcliffe House as police stood by and watched. Tensions flared at around 4.30pm when demonstrators started throwing eggs and bottles towards officers, shouting.
148 dead as Israel-Palestine conflict enters sixth day, AP, Al Jazeera building destroyed
Olalekan Adetayo, Stephen Angbulu with agency reports
Published 16 May 2021
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Israeli soldiers fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters during an anti-Israel protest over tension in Jerusalem, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on May 12, 2021. - A Palestinian was killed and another wounded by Israeli army gunfire in the north of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a Palestinian security source told AFP, as violence soared between Israel and the Palestinian territories. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
Olalekan Adetayo, Stephen Angbulu with agency reports