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Tower Bridge reopens after pro-Palestine march

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Tower Bridge has reopened after pro-Palestine protesters blocked it during a demonstration.

Video on social media shows dozens of protesters shouting "Palestine" and holding a "save Gaza ceasefire now" banner while a convoy of cars with Palestinian flags parked in the road.

Police tweeted at about 18:25 GMT on Saturday that the bridge had reopened, 45 minutes after saying it was shut.

The protest was the latest in the capital calling for a ceasefire.

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City of London Police has been contacted for further comment.

The director-general of the UN's World Health Organization described Gaza as a "death zone" with 29,000 people dead, many more missing and injured, and much of the territory destroyed.

Israel launched its military offensive after waves of Hamas fighters burst through Israel's border on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people - mainly civilians - and taking about 250 others back to Gaza as hostages.

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