Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed a crowd of hundreds which marched through Oxford to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The demonstrators assembled at Manzil Way off Cowley Road before marching through the city centre and rallying outside the Weston Library in Broad Street on Saturday.

Around 300 people turned out for the pro-Palestinian event, organised by the Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

One demonstrator Jed said: "I find the whole scenario upsetting. People shouldn’t do this to each other. People just feel they want to do something don’t they, have your voice heard."

Paul Garroway, who marched with his son Otis, said: "I want to stop the genocide. This is a human rights disaster."

Around 10 police officers were along the route of the peaceful demonstration which lasted around three hours.

At the start of the rally on Saturday afternoon organisers asked anyone attending to avoid “any arguments with anyone on the way”.

Many in the crowd made up of men, women and children chanted the controversial slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” referring to the land between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean.

Some protesters chanted: “One, two, three, four, occupation no more, five, six, seven, eight, Israel is a terrorist state.”

Handmade placards and banners were held up. One said Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer "supports genocide" while one woman carried a bandaged 'baby' doll.

On the steps of the Weston Library, former Labour leader Mr Corbyn was cheered as he told the crowd: “It is our duty to do everything we can to demand a ceasefire and try to bring about a peace process."

He referred to Britain choosing to abstain on a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

He said: “The United Nations called for in the general assembly a ceasefire. The vast majority of the Security Council called for a ceasefire. The US vetoed it. And Britain to its cynical shame abstained.

“When we challenged the ministers on this in parliament they kept saying there was either something wrong with the resolution but they wouldn’t say what. Or now wasn’t the time – but when is the time? When is the time to talk about peace other than when there is the bombing and the war going on.

“And so we have to absolutely keep up that demand for a ceasefire.

“This sort of supine, cynical approach that members of parliament took on this fills me with utter disgust."

He said a humanitarian pause was “utter nonsense”.

“What are you saying, you will briefly pause in order that you can bury the dead, bring a little food to the living and then resume the bombing?"

But he added: “More MPs voted for a ceasefire than I expected. Do you know why? Because of you. Because of the demonstrations, because of the emails."

He said the protests should "carry on as long as it takes, not just to get a ceasefire but to get peace and justice for the Palestinian people".

Previous weekends have seen thousands of protesters and counter-protesters converging on London.