Photos show widespread protests after Israeli forces intercept Gaza-bound flotilla
Police officers clash with protesters during a pro-Palestinian rally in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy, in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Original Publication Date: October 2, 2025 10:28AM
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators pass in front of Rome’s Colosseum, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, during a march calling for an end to the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Two children sit in their stroller with a sign reading in Catalan: “Netanyahu is so bad that even the Three Wise Men won’t bring him coal.” during a pro-Palestinian rally in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy, in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Demonstrators hold a banner with writing reading in Catalan “Let’s stop the genocide in Palestine, no more arms trade with Israel”” during a pro-Palestinian rally in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy, in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Demonstrators gather for a rally in support of Palestinians and condemning Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla which was bound for the Gaza Strip, at Avenue Habib Bourguiba, in Tunis, Tunisia, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)Demonstrators hold a giant Palestinian flag during a rally in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy, in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)A pro-Palestinian demonstrator gathers for a national general strike called by different unions to protest against the situation in Gaza two days after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march along the Rome’s ring road as they gather for a national general strike called by different unions to protest against the situation in Gaza two days after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Pro-Palestinian demonstrators sits on the Milan’s ring road during a protest part of a national general strike called by different unions to protest against the situation in Gaza two days after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)Supporters of Pakistan Muslim League (Nazaryati) chant anti Israel slogans during a demonstration against the situation in Gaza after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. The placard, center in Urdu language, reads “Israel obtaining time, not peace.” (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)A man looks pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathering for a national general strike called by different unions to protest against the situation in Gaza two days after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)Students protest during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Demonstrators gather in front of the Municipal Theatre during a live screening of the Global Sumud Flotilla and the arrests of its participants by the Israeli army, in Tunis, Tunisia, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ons Abid)A student with the Palestinian flag painted on her face protests during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)A woman holds a ship glass item during a sit-in gathering against the interception of the Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla by Israeli navy forces, in Istanbul, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)A Palestinian supporter is arrested by police during a protest in London, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather for a national general strike called by different unions to protest against the situation in Gaza two days after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Pro-Palestinian demonstrators flood the rail track at Milan’s Cadorna railway station, Italy, late Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, after news that a Gaza-bound aid flotilla had been intercepted by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)Medical staff stage a flash mob ‘Lights on Palestine’ to remember the more than 60 thousand Palestinians killed in these last two years by the Israeli army, at the Niguarda Hospital, in Milan, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)Pro-Palestinians demonstrators march in downtown Milan late Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, after news that a Gaza-bound aid flotilla had been intercepted by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)Police clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators during a protest in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday. Oct. 2, 2025 in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)A protester tries to avoid tear gas during a demonstration after a Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted by Israeli Defense Forces in the Mediterranean Sea, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)A student shouts slogans in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, during a protest in solidarity with a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid that was intercepted by Israeli forces. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Pro-Palestinian demonstrators flood the rail track at Milan’s Cadorna railway station, Italy, late Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, after news that a Gaza-bound aid flotilla had been intercepted by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)A young girl waves Turkish and Palestinian flags during a sit-in gathering against the interception of the Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla by Israeli navy forces, in Istanbul, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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