LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -At least five people were killed when Pakistani police clashed with members of a hardline Islamist group at an anti-Israel protest on the country’s busiest highway, police said.

The far-right Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan, whose massive and often violent street protests have been a thorn in the side of multiple Pakistani governments, had called for the march ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of a ceasefire deal to end the Gaza war.

The march from the eastern metropolis of Lahore to capital Islamabad, a nearly 400 km (248 miles) walk, along the historic Grand Trunk Road started on Friday and has led to several clashes with the police, who have tried to slow its movement.

On Monday, police said they had launched an operation to disperse h

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