New York, August 11 (RHC)-- Protests were held around the world over the weekend to voice solidarity with the people of the besieged Gaza Strip as the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Palestinian territory claims more lives.

According to reports from the Middle East, Jordanians and Bahrainis held demonstrations, slamming the Israeli regime for more than a month of bombardment in the coastal enclave. The Bahraini demonstrators held an anti-Israeli rally in the capital Manama. In the Jordanian capital Amman, thousands called for an end to Tel Aviv’s huge offensive against the blockaded sliver.

Demonstrators in Sri Lanka gathered outside the United States embassy in Colombo, urging Washington to pressure the Israeli regime to stop its aggression against Palestine. Similar rallies were held in other countries, including South Korea, Belgium, Pakistan and the United States.

In London, the turnout was estimated to be at least 20,000 as demonstrators marched to Hyde Park. In South Africa, an estimated 50,000 people marched in Cape Town, led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Police called it the city’s largest rally since the fall of apartheid.

And in Israel itself, hundreds of Israelis defied a police ban to rally in Tel Aviv –- calling for an end to the attacks on Gaza.

About 1,900 people, including women and children, have been killed and nearly 10,000 others wounded by the Israeli regime’s massive offensive that began on July 8th. According to the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, nearly 400,000 Palestinian children are in immediate need of psychological help due to “catastrophic and tragic impact” of war.