Almost 12,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in Brussels to call for Gaza ceasefire

Around 12,000 people took part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brussels' European Quarter on Sunday, calling on the EU to advocate for a ceasefire and an end to Israel's closure of the Gaza Strip.

Demonstrators carried posters with slogans such as "Stop the genocide," "Stop the attacks" or "Free Palestine."

In response to a large-scale terrorist attack by the Hamas movement, Israel recently attacked hundreds of targets in the densely populated Gaza Strip.

According to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry, the number of Palestinians killed in the coastal area rose to more than 4,650 over the weekend. The numbers could not initially be independently verified.

As a result of the Hamas attack, more than 1,400 people died in Israel.