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Sunday, October 5, 2025
Barcelona police say 20 officers injured during anti-Israel march Saturday; 8 arrested
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Eight people were arrested and 20 police officers were injured in clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and police in Barcelona yesterday, police say.
Demonstrators also vandalized shops that they claimed had links to Israel during a mainly peaceful march of 70,000 protesters, police say.
Tens of thousands took part in protests in Madrid and scores of other Spanish cities as well as demonstrations in Rome and Lisbon amid anger after the Israeli interception of an activist flotilla that had set sail from Barcelona and tried to break the blockade of the Palestinian territory.
Out of the 49 Spaniards who were detained by Israeli forces on the flotilla, 21 will fly back to Spain from Tel Aviv today, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares tells local television station RTVE.
The Times of Israel Community.