Palestinians throughout West Bank protest Gaza conflict

Thousands of Palestinians protested within the occupied West Bank’s main cities on Sunday (August 3, 2025) in opposition to the conflict in Gaza and in help of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.

One of the biggest marches passed off in Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority situated simply north of Jerusalem, with a whole lot gathering on the fundamental sq., waving Palestinian flags.

Many protesters carried photographs of Palestinians killed or imprisoned by Israel, in addition to photographs depicting the starvation disaster unfolding within the Gaza Strip, the place U.N.-backed consultants have warned {that a} “famine is unfolding”.

“My son is in (Israel’s) Megido prison and he suffers from many things, such as the lack of medicine the lack of food,” Rula Ghanem, a Palestinian educational and author who took half within the march, advised AFP.

She advised AFP that her son had misplaced 10 kilograms and suffered from scabies in jail.

The variety of Palestinians jailed by Israel skyrocketed after the beginning of the conflict in Gaza, some for violent acts, however some additionally for posting political statements on social media, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs says.

The fee’s spokesman Thaer Shriteh advised AFP : “The international community is a partner in all this suffering, as long as it does not intervene quickly to save the Palestinian people and save the prisoners inside the prisons and detention centre.”

A gaggle of protesters dressed as skeletons and carried dolls round to symbolise the Gaza conflict’s dire impact on kids, who’re most liable to malnutrition.

Israel has closely restricted the entry of help into Gaza, which was already below blockade for 15 years earlier than the conflict started.

U.N. companies, humanitarian teams and analysts say that a lot of the trickle of meals help that Israel permits in is looted or diverted in chaotic circumstances.

“We hope that our stand today will have an impact in supporting our people in Gaza and the hungry children in Gaza,” stated 39-year-old Tagreed Ziada, one of many protesters on the Ramallah march.

Protests have been held on Sunday in different main Palestinian cities resembling Nablus within the north and Hebron within the south, with many authorities staff receiving a time without work to attend the demonstrations.

While there have been considerably common demonstrations in opposition to the conflict in Gaza, they’re hardly ever coordinated throughout numerous cities within the West Bank.