Overview

• Berlin police estimated about 50,000 people marched from the Rotes Rathaus to a rally at the Großer Stern, with the main route largely peaceful.
• A separate demonstration of roughly 1,200 in Kreuzberg was dissolved after reported banned slogans and signs, with temporary detentions and a medical emergency noted by police.
• Authorities deployed around 1,800 officers citywide with reinforcements from other states and the federal police.
• About 50 organizing groups, including Amnesty International, Medico International and Die Linke, called for a halt to German arms exports to Israel, humanitarian access to Gaza and EU sanctions.
• Speakers including Linke leader Ines Schwerdtner and musician Michael Barenboim accused Israel of genocide, a claim Israel rejects, and several thousand also rallied in Düsseldorf without major incidents reported.