... STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - AUG. 2, 2025: Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in central Stockholm on Saturday, Aug. 2, demanding that Sweden do more to end Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip.

Gathering at Odenplan square after a call by several civil-society groups, protesters waved Palestinian flags and held banners reading “Children are dying in Gaza”, “Schools and hospitals are bombed” and “End food shortages”.

Speakers accused the Swedish government of reacting too softly to Israel’s military campaign and urged it to push for an immediate ceasefire and stronger humanitarian aid.

The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 169 people, including 93 children, have died from hunger since last October.

UNRWA, the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, says nearly 6,000 of its aid trucks are waiting at Gaza’s land crossings for Israeli approval to enter, despite soaring humanitarian needs.

The World Food Programme estimates that one in four Gazans is now living in famine-like conditions, with about 100,000 women and children suffering acute malnutrition.

Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza for 18 years, and since March 2 has shut down all crossings, worsening humanitarian conditions in the enclave. Its army has killed more than 60,400 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in the territory since October 2023.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.