The demonstrators, mostly young, demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and that the British government stop arming the Israeli regime.

Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza blocked traffic for several hours on the northbound Interstate 5 freeway in downtown Seattle.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, on December 23, 2023.

A top Hamas leader has traveled to Egypt to discuss a potential new Gaza truce involving an exchange of prisoners and the entry of more aid to Gaza.

A Hamas official says the resistance movement is ready for an all-for-all prisoner exchange with the Israeli regime.

The UN's inability to do more than express gestures of symbolism in search of Gaza ceasefire is making it more obsolete, more unfit for purpose.

Hamas welcomes a UN General Assembly resolution calling for mounted international pressure on Israel to stop its aggression on the Gaza Strip.

While the majority world opinion is in support of the Palestinian people and the ceasefire in Gaza, the United States has been repeatedly blocking the UN resolutions calling for a halt in Israeli aggression.

Thousands of people have joined a demonstration in London to call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after the UK chose to abstain on a UNSC​​​​​​​ resolution for an immediate ceasefire.

Guterres also says Palestinians were going through “one of the darkest chapters” of their history.