Protesters held Palestine flags and waved banners calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at a rally outside the Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow.
Children and adults turned out in numbers in the rain outside the event at the SEC on Saturday (February 17) calling for an end to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Placards held messages calling to "end the siege" and "stop bombing Gaza" and a line of children held a banner which read: "All children should be safe!"
Read more: Scottish Labour unanimously backs calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
It comes ahead of Keir Starmer's appearance at the Scottish Labour party conference on Sunday (February 18), as pressure mounts for the Labour leader to call for an immediate ceasefire.
On Saturday, delegates at the conference unanimously supported Anas Sarwar's motion to call for an immediate end to the conflict.
Meanwhile, Scottish Labour's two MPs face growing pressure to back a ceasefire vote being held in Westminster next week - with the SNP urging Mr Sarwar to whip Michael Shanks and Ian Murray to do so.
The motion was passed by the party's conference unopposed and called for an end the rocket fire into Gaza, the unconditional release of hostages taken by Hamas, the restoration of essential supplies and a pathway to peace.
It condemned the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, but said there was "no justification for the collective punishment of 2.2 million citizens in Gaza".
Read more: How MPs voted and who rebelled in crunch Gaza ceasefire vote
The issue is due to be tabled in the Commons next week, with the SNP leading a motion calling for an urgent ceasefire.
A previous Westminster vote on a ceasefire in November saw Labour lose 10 shadow ministers and parliamentary aides who rebelled against the leadership’s stance on Gaza.
The move was a significant rebellion for leader Sir Keir Starmer as he urged his MPs to abstain from the ceasefire vote, instead calling for them to back a separate softer motion criticising Israel’s conduct.
The SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said: “It’s time for Sir Keir Starmer to commit to supporting our motion for an immediate ceasefire. There can be no more delays.
“Thousands of children, women and civilians have lost their life since both the Tories and Labour cowardly rejected our last motion – they cannot make that same mistake again. History will remember this vote.
“Questions must also be asked of Scotland’s two Labour MPs. Will they follow their Scottish leader, or their leader in London? That decision will tell you exactly where Scottish Labour MPs’ loyalties truly lie."
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