Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in London on February 3, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.According to the Met Police around 20,000 people gathered in Whitehall to listen to speeches after marching through the city. Many of them waved Palestinian flags and held signs calling for an end to the war.Saturday’s protest came after months of intense Israeli bombardment triggered by Hamas' deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7, which has laid waste to Gaza and set off wider conflict in the region. The United States launched airstrikes on February 2 in Iraq and Syria against targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the militias it backs, in retaliation for a deadly attack on U.S. troops.Gaza health authorities, who do not differentiate between militants and civilians in their tallies, said on Saturday that more than 27,000 Palestinians have been confirmed killed since the start of the war, 107 of them in the past 24 hours, with thousands more feared lost amid the ruins.