For the fourth consecutive day, large crowds gathered in central Rome on Saturday to protest after Israel intercepted an international flotilla carrying aid to Gaza and detained its activists.

People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organisers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.

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“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilise individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilise, then nothing will change”.

The protest, in bright sunshine, was peaceful, with students, children and the elderly attending. It also featured at least one banner ha

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