Tens of thousands of people marched in Australian cities on Sunday in the country’s largest co-ordinated pro-Palestinian protests since the Gaza war began. Organisers said demonstrations in more than 40 locations—including Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth—could draw as many as half a million participants. In Melbourne, crowds gathered outside the State Library before moving through the central business district, while in Brisbane a planned crossing of the Story Bridge was abandoned after a court deemed it unsafe, prompting a reroute across Victoria Bridge. The Australian rallies form part of a wider global wave of demonstrations that filled streets in Brussels, London, Brighton, Tangier and other cities over the weekend. In Tel Aviv, thousands of Jewish and Arab citizens defied a police cap on attendance to demand an end to the conflict and greater aid access to Gaza. Protesters called for an immediate cease-fire, a two-way arms embargo on Israel and expanded humanitarian corridors. More than 250 civil-society organisations, including Amnesty International, endorsed the Australian day of action. The surge in activism follows Friday’s warning from the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification that northern Gaza has entered Phase-5 famine, with more than half a million people on the brink of starvation. Israel dismissed the assessment as “false and biased,” saying recent aid deliveries have eased shortages.