Thousands of Germans in Berlin protest, call for end to Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

By&nbspEuronews

Published connected 27/09/2025 - 21:28 GMT+2 •Updated 21:40

Tens of thousands of protesters took to nan streets of Berlin, nan German capital, connected Saturday successful solidarity pinch Palestinians successful Gaza, calling for an extremity to nan Israel-Hamas conflict successful nan war-devastated enclave.

Demonstrators shouted slogans for illustration “free, free Palestine,” and demanded an extremity to nan worsening humanitarian situation successful Gaza.

Some 50,000 group took portion successful nan march done Berlin’s downtown area, according to police. About 1,800 rule enforcement officers were deployed to show nan demonstrators.

The protesters besides called for a halt to German arms exports to Israel and demanded European Union sanctions against Israel, German news agency dpa reported.

Germany is 1 of Israel's starring overseas suppliers of subject hardware, on pinch nan US and Italy. In August, Berlin halted subject exports to Israel for usage successful Gaza amid outcry complete Netanyahu's scheme for a renewed offensive, which Israel has since begun.

Protests successful Berlin connected Saturday reportedly began from Alexanderplatz, pinch demonstrators marching to nan Victory Column successful nan Tiergarten territory of Berlin.

Around 50 organisations and associations had called for nan demonstration, including Amnesty International and nan statement Die Linke. One of nan protests, a pro-Palestine objection successful Kreuzberg, was, however, surgery up owed to anti-Israel slogans.

In a abstracted protest, astir 100 group rallied successful favour of Israel and “against each forms of antisemitism,” German nationalist broadcaster RBB reported, adding that location were isolated scuffles erstwhile nan 2 protestation groups met. It wasn’t instantly clear if nan scuffles were betwixt nan different protesters aliases pinch constabulary trying to abstracted them.

Protests took spot simultaneously successful different EU cities

Several 1000 group besides protested successful nan occidental German metropolis of Düsseldorf nether nan motto “we will not hide Gaza — state for Palestine and each oppressed peoples.”

In Geneva, astir 6,000 group demonstrated for an extremity to nan warfare successful Gaza, Swiss nationalist broadcaster SRF reported. Other European cities person besides seen Gaza protests successful caller weeks.

The 7 October 2023 onslaught connected confederate Israel by Hamas group disconnected nan warfare successful Gaza. Hamas terrorists killed almost 1,200 group successful nan attack, chiefly civilians, and kidnapped 251. Israel believes that 20 of nan 48 hostages that are still successful Gaza are alive.

Israel’s retaliatory violative complete nan past 23 months has killed much than 65,100 group successful Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not separate betwixt civilians and Hamas fighters.

Germany has led efforts among nan EU’s 27 personnel nations to artifact corporate disapproval of aliases efforts to extremity Israel’s blockade of Gaza and subject campaign, but nan German authorities has precocious shown immoderate scepticism astir its position.

The German authorities remains profoundly concerned astir nan suffering of civilians successful Gaza, Merz said successful August erstwhile he said against Israel's scheme for a renewed violative successful Gaza.