Pro-Palestinian protests were scheduled in multiple countries on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel, which sparked the Gaza war, despite warnings from some politicians that the demonstrations could heighten tensions.

Hamas gunmen killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostage in the attack on October 7, 2023. Israel responded by launching an offensive against the Palestinian militant group in Gaza that has killed more than 67,000 people, Gaza health officials say.

Pro-Palestinian rallies were expected on Tuesday in Sydney and in European cities including London, Paris, Geneva, Athens, Thessaloniki, Istanbul and Stockholm.

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Organisers of pro-Palestinian protests over the past two years have said they were intended to

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