Police investigating vandalism of Jewish memorial and support for Hezbollah

Police successful the UK person launched a fig of investigations pursuing the vandalism of a Jewish memorial and shows of enactment for Hezbollah connected the eve of October 7.

Sussex Police confirmed it was looking into a video shared crossed societal media which appears to amusement a antheral damaging a Jewish memorial successful Hove.

The footage depicts the antheral tearing down a fig of items including tributes, teddy bears and flowers.

The perpetrator is past confronted by different antheral who moves him distant from the memorial.

The unit said: “We are alert of a video circulating online of a antheral damaging a Jewish memorial successful Hove and are treating it arsenic a hatred crime.

“An probe is nether mode and immoderate accusation tin beryllium reported online oregon via 101, quoting notation 158 of 04/10.”

Around 1,200 Israelis were killed, including 797 civilians and 36 children, and 250 others were taken hostage connected October 7 successful a bid of attacks by Palestinian militants.

A fig of commemorative events took spot connected Sunday and much are planned for Monday, including 1 successful Hove’s Palmeira Square.

On Sunday, the parent of the sole British hostage inactive held successful Gaza spoke astatine a commemorative lawsuit successful London’s Hyde Park.

Mandy Damari told the assemblage done tears that her girl Emily had been “stripped of each quality right” and remains “in hell”.

The British-Israeli 28-year-old, an Ed Sheeran fan, London Zoo enthusiast, foodie and Spurs supporter, with a mixed consciousness of classical British humour and “Israeli chutzpah”, had had her “joy and airy locked away” for a year.

Ms Damari said: “How is it that she (Emily) is inactive imprisoned determination aft 1 year?

“Why isn’t the full world, particularly Britain, warring each infinitesimal to unafraid her release?

“She is 1 of their ain but her plight seems to person been forgotten.

“My beautiful, comic and brave daughter, who I emotion to the satellite and backmost deserves to travel home. I request to hug her again. I request to spot her smile.

“I cognize we could and should beryllium doing more. I and everyone other has failed her and the lone mode to marque america each consciousness full again is to get Emily and each the 101 hostages backmost to their families.”

As radical began to permission the lawsuit and marque their mode home, a tiny radical of pro-Palestinian activists who had gathered astatine Speakers’ Corner began to outcry “shame connected you” and “live, unrecorded Palestine”.

One protester could beryllium heard shouting “no-one wants you successful the Middle East, spell backmost home”.

The pro-Israeli broadside were seen shouting backmost arsenic constabulary formed a enactment betwixt the 2 groups.

A subordinate of the public, who was aboriginal seen successful tears, could beryllium heard telling an serviceman that the pro-Palestine radical were displaying “a solemnisation of terrorism”.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed it had made 17 arrests during a pro-Palestine march successful cardinal London connected Saturday.

Two radical were arrested connected suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation, with 1 antheral held aft allegedly shouting enactment for Hezbollah adjacent a pro-Israel counter-demonstration, according to the force.

Another antheral was arrested connected suspicion of wearing oregon displaying an nonfiction indicating enactment for Hamas, which is besides a proscribed organisation, aft helium was allegedly spotted wearing a parachute, the Met said.

There were 8 arrests connected suspicion of nationalist bid offences, 4 of which were allegedly racially aggravated.

Three radical were arrested connected suspicion of assaulting an exigency worker, different 3 were arrested connected suspicion of communal battle and 1 idiosyncratic was arrested connected suspicion of breaching a Public Order Act condition.

The unit has besides launched a nationalist entreaty to assistance place a fig of radical successful narration to imaginable protestation offences which came to airy aft the march.

A spokesperson said: “A fig of further imaginable offences person travel to airy connected societal media and we’re present releasing images and appealing for the public’s assistance to place those involved.

“The crowds astatine Saturday’s lawsuit were important successful size and density.

“In those circumstances, what is casual to spot erstwhile walking among the assemblage with a mobile telephone is not ever casual for officers to spot from their positions on the route.”

Anyone who tin place those pictured is asked to telephone 101, connection @MetCC connected X oregon telephone Crimestoppers anonymously connected 0800 555 111.

They should springiness the notation 3919/06OCT and the circumstantial notation connected the image.

Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the constabulary had the Government’s “full support” should they instrumentality enactment against radical carrying signs suggesting enactment for Hezbollah.

Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, helium said: “Yesterday successful the protests determination was a batch of peaceful protestation but determination were radical who were carrying signs arsenic the 1 that you person conscionable described.

“That is simply a transgression act, supporting a proscribed violent organisation specified arsenic Hezbollah is simply a transgression act.”

He added: “The Home Secretary, the Prime Minister said precise intelligibly yesterday that the constabulary person our afloat enactment should they instrumentality enactment against radical carrying signs similar that.”