SHOTLIST PARIS, FRANCE (OCT. 2, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS CARRYING PALESTINIAN FLAGS AND BANNERS 2. VARIOUS OF CROWD GATHERED AT PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE 3. VARIOUS OF POLICE DEPLOYED AT SCENEPARIS, FRANCE - OCT. 2: Supporters of Palestine gathered in Paris, France on Thursday, Oct. 2, for a demonstration against Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza. Protesters convened at the symbolic Place de la Republique, carrying banners and placards while chanting slogans in solidarity with Palestinians. The Global Sumud Flotilla, an international aid convoy, said 443 activists from 47 countries were detained after their vessels were attacked by Israeli forces near Gaza’s coast. It said activists on the vessels were forcibly taken from their vessels by Israeli forces, calling their detention “unlawful abduction.” According to the official flotilla tracker, 21 vessels were attacked by Israeli naval forces, 19 others are believed to have been attacked, and three were still en route to Gaza. The activists aboard the ships attacked by Israel were of various nationalities, including Spaniards, Italians, Brazilians, Turks, Greeks, Americans, Germans, Swedes, British, and French citizens, and many others. Israel said that the activists were being transferred to Ashdod ahead of being deported to Europe. The Israeli raid came despite appeals by international organizations, including Amnesty International, for the protection of the aid flotilla. The UN had also warned that any attack on the convoy would be unacceptable. Israel has maintained a blockade on Gaza, home to nearly 2.4 million people, for nearly 18 years, and further tightened the siege in March when it closed border crossings and blocked food and medicine deliveries, pushing the enclave into famine. Since October 2023, Israeli bombardment has killed more than 66,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The UN and rights groups have repeatedly warned that the enclave is being rendered uninhabitable, with starvation and disease spreading rapidly.