Barcelona, Spain – Tens of thousands of people marched in Barcelona on Saturday ahead of other demonstrations across Spain, Italy and Portugal to protest Israel’s two-year war in Gaza.

The protests in Spain's second-largest city and in Madrid were called for weeks ago, while calls for demonstrations in Rome and Lisbon followed widespread anger after the Israeli interception of a humanitarian aid flotilla that had set sail from Barcelona, trying to break the blockade of the Palestinian territory.

Over 40 Spaniards, including a former Barcelona mayor, are among the 450 activists that Israel removed from the flotilla’s boats this week.

Barcelona’s town hall said police estimated that 70,000 turned out for Saturday’s demonstration, while the activists who organized the march said 300,000 p

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