Events held marking one year since start of latest Middle East conflict

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Events held marking one year since start of latest Middle East conflict

Events are being held across Scotland this weekend as the one-year anniversary of the latest Middle East conflict draws near.

Thousands attended a pro-************ rally in Edinburgh, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and to highlight the human cost of *******’s response to the 7 October attacks by ******.

Smaller demonstrations also took place in Aberdeen and Inverness.

A vigil to remember the victims of the ****** attacks on ******* will be held in Glasgow on Sunday.

The war began when ****** gunmen attacked ******* on 7 October last year, ******** about 1,200 people and taking 251 others as hostages. A total of

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******* responded with a military campaign in Gaza that has now ******* at least 41,825 people, according to the ******-run health ministry.

********* has spread to Lebanon in recent weeks.

Thousands of pro-************ supporters marched from the foot of The Mound through Edinburgh city centre waving the flags of both Palestine and Lebanon.

Organisers, Stop the War Coalition, are calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East and an end to Britain supplying arms to *******.

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Majdi Awwad said he feels hopeful a year into the conflict [BBC]

One of those attending the demonstration was Majdi Awwad from Tulkarm in the West Bank who is now living in Edinburgh.

He said a year into the conflict, he feels “more hope” in part due to the public’s awareness of events.

He said: “All of the people who are attending the rally get to understand what is happening.

“Not everybody has to be a part of the story, but as long as they have in their conscience and the knowledge about what is happening it will be much better.”

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Omar Afzal said the escalating conflict is deeply concerning [BBC]

Omar Afzal, who travelled from Glasgow to attend the event, said he was worried that the war was spreading more widely across the Middle East.

“It’s still deeply concerning and truth be told we don’t see much light at the end of the tunnel at this point in time,” he said.

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Pro-Palestine protestors marched through the city centre of Edinburgh on Saturday [Getty Images]

The First Minister John Swinney has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to *** arms being exported to *******.

Sir Keir Starmer said a

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in the *******-Gaza conflict while speaking at the Scottish Labour conference in February.

Earlier this week, the defence secretary, John Healey, said

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in supporting ******* after Iran launched ballistic missiles at the country.

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Demonstrators in Aberdeen called for Britain to stop selling arms to ******* [BBC]

The last week has seen a significant escalation of the crisis in the Middle East, with warnings that it could develop into an all-out regional war.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been assassinated, ******* has launched a ground invasion of Lebanon, and Iran has fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles at targets across *******.

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in Lebanon they “must leave now”, following a further escalation in the region.

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