The first part of the night was full, with IHRC's chair, Massoud Shadjareh, veteran activist and journalist Victoria Brittain, a local authority councillor and four others holding fort until the all night team arrived.
As the days pass, more and more people are booking to attend, and everyone is welcome. With no sign of the atrocities waning - 60 raids on Gaza during the night according to the BBC - and with polic ebecoming increasingly more violent at the other demonstrations, this vigil is gaining even more importance.
The night saw taxi drivers come up to the team and express support, as well as an inebriated Zionist who took the opportunity of being the sole other person at 3am on the street to launch into a pro-Israeli rant.
Still the messages and greetings, all forms of support for the vigil are growing. Last night theylit candles and the mood became evn more osmbre in remembrance of the 900+ dead and the thousands injured and maimed.
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