Thousands of people rally in Brussels in support of Palestine

Having gathered in front of the Brussels-North railway station, demonstrators walked to the Place Jean Rey Square, Anadolu Agency reported.

Participants chanted "Justice for Palestine, now," and signs reading "Save the children in Gaza," "Ceasefire, right now!," and "Palestinians' rights are human rights."

They also carried flags of Palestine, and South Africa, which filed a genocide lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Belgian officials have been criticizing Israel's violence against the civilians in Gaza.

Development Cooperation Minister Caroline Gennez said on Friday Belgium reaffirms full support for the ICJ, and if the World Court calls on Israel to cease its military campaign in Gaza, “our country will fully support it.”

The Israeli regime waged the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas carried out the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in response to the Israeli regime’s atrocities against Palestinians.

The Tel Aviv regime has also imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

The health ministry in Gaza says more than 25,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict, 70% of them women and children. The United Nations says more than a half million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving.

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