Tens of thousands demonstrate in Morocco and Mauritania against starvation and the war on Gaza.

Several cities witnessed mass demonstrations and protests denouncing the starvation and genocidal policy targeting the population of the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.

Tens of thousands of Moroccans demonstrated in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, on Sunday to protest the deteriorating humanitarian situation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing starvation of the territory's population.

The march set off from the historic Bab al-Hadd gate, heading toward the parliament building in the city center, in response to a call for global action against Israeli starvation in Gaza.

Protesters marched along a main street in the center of the capital, waving Palestinian flags and banners calling for an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

Participants in the march, called for by civil society organizations such as the Moroccan Front in Support of Palestine, condemned the failure of international institutions to put an end to the genocide.

Participants chanted slogans such as "Stop the genocide in Gaza," "Shake your voice and say America is responsible," "Palestine is afflicted and the world is a plaything," and "Justice is required, the scales are upside down, and the will is stolen."

Demonstration in Nouakchott

In Nouakchott, crowds of Mauritanians demonstrated on Sunday in front of the US embassy in the capital, Nouakchott, to denounce Israel's starvation campaign against the people of Gaza.

The demonstration came in response to Hamas's call to contribute to the global mobilization and rally to lift the food blockade and the starvation war waged by Israel against the people of Gaza.

The demonstrators raised slogans condemning the siege, starvation, and killing, and demanding an end to what they called the war of extermination and starvation to which the Palestinian people are being subjected.

Participants also raised Palestinian flags and, through slogans and chants, praised the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and their resistance to Israeli aggression.

They expressed their condemnation of US support for the aggression on Gaza and what they described as massacres against the Strip's residents. They also raised slogans demanding the closure of the US embassy in Nouakchott.

Representatives of political parties, civil society organizations, students, and unions participated in the demonstration.

Since the outbreak of the war on Gaza, Mauritania has witnessed mass demonstrations and protests to condemn the war and demand the lifting of the blockade.

Global movement

On Saturday, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) called for a global movement on Sunday against Israel's systematic starvation policy in the Gaza Strip and its ongoing genocide.

She called on the nation and the free people of the world to engage in a global movement "to save the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip from death by bombing, hunger, and thirst."

"Let Sunday and the coming days be a cry of rage against the Zionist occupation and against the systematic starvation in the Gaza Strip," she added in a statement.

Today, the Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed the deaths of more than 900 Palestinians—including 71 children—due to hunger and malnutrition, in addition to 6,000 wounded people seeking a living since the start of Israel's war of extermination on the Strip.

Since March 2, 2025, Israel has closed all crossings with the Gaza Strip and prevented the entry of food and medical aid, causing famine to spread within the Strip.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a war of genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

The US-backed genocide left approximately 200,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 9,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that claimed the lives of many.