A statue of First World War commander Field Marshal Douglas Haig was defaced with the words “God Save Gaza” on Saturday, 28 October, as a pro-Palestinian protest took place in central London. Around 100,000 demonstrators marched to demand a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Haig, who died in 1928, was commander of the British forces at the Somme and Ypres during the First World War.