Hundreds of activists have gathered inside major train stations to protest against Israel's interception of a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza.

Protestors were pictured gathered at Edinburgh Waverley and in Glasgow as activists targeted the UK railway network in response to Israel detaining activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Several protests were organised to take place at stations across UK railway network on Thursday evening following the Israeli military's boarding of the flotilla and detention of its members while it was in international waters in the early hours of this morning.

An eyewitness in Edinburgh told the The Herald: " British Transport Police were quickly overwhelmed and struggled as the crowds blocked off the station's main platforms.

"Commuters trying to get

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