Overview
- Brussels police estimated 70,000 participants while organizers claimed 120,000 joined the Sept. 7 march.
- Demonstrators waved red cards and an ABP spokesman said measures against Israel remain inadequate, describing an ongoing genocide.
- Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot warned the EU’s foreign-policy credibility is collapsing over its inaction on the Gaza war.
- Belgium has announced new sanctions on Israel and plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly, with Prévot saying recognition would follow the release of all hostages and the end of Hamas governance.
- AFP reports 1,219 people were killed in Israel in the Oct. 2023 Hamas attack, while Gaza’s health ministry—figures the UN deems reliable—lists at least 64,368 Palestinians killed in Israel’s offensive.