Five arrested in London after pro-Palestinian protest on October 7 anniversary
Police said the five, detained outside the U.K. Jewish community's representative body, chanted slogans calling for 'intifada.' They remained in custody over alleged incitement to racial hatred, amid restrictions on a march and counter-protests
Five people were arrested in London on the anniversary of the October 7, 2023, pro-Palestinian protest. According to Haaretz, they were detained outside the UK Jewish community's representative body for allegedly chanting slogans calling for an intifada and were held on suspicion of incitement to racial hatred.
The arrests were made amid restrictions on a march and counter-protests.
In a separate development, former Gaza hostage Yarden Bibas, whose family was murdered by Hamas after their kidnapping from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, posted an apology to his family on Instagram, as reported by the Jerusalem Post.
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