Activists are asking individuals to show the New 12 months’s countdown of their nations right into a countdown for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Activists have launched a worldwide marketing campaign asking individuals to show the New 12 months’s countdown of their nations right into a countdown for a ceasefire in Gaza, which has been underneath devastating Israeli bombardment since October 7.

“New 12 months’s Eve is a second of celebration worldwide, and a possibility to create resolutions for a brighter future. With almost 30,000 civilians killed, together with over 10,000 youngsters, our solely New 12 months’s decision is to name for a everlasting ceasefire,” Countdown2Ceasefire, a London-based grassroots marketing campaign, stated in a press release on Thursday.

“Our purpose is to morph the standard New 12 months’s countdown into an influential and resounding countdown for a everlasting ceasefire in Gaza.”

To date the marketing campaign has efficiently been embraced by activists in over 30 nations, together with Switzerland, Turkiye, Malaysia, Australia, Tanzania, Mexico and Germany, in line with the organisers.

Whereas ringing within the new 12 months, these native occasions calling for a ceasefire might be livestreamed throughout Countdown2ceasefire’s social media platforms.

“A everlasting ceasefire is step one in ending the present deplorable scenario and a tangible transfer in the direction of a future the place traumatised communities can rebuild and recuperate,” Bushra Mohammad, a marketing campaign spokeswoman, stated in a press release.

Israel’s brutal navy offensive in Gaza has killed greater than 21,500 individuals and wounded greater than 55,000 others triggering a worldwide outrage, with protesters internationally rallying to name for a ceasefire. Many have additionally expressed their disappointment in the direction of politicians and nations who vetoed or abstained from voting for a ceasefire on the United Nations.

Rights organisations together with Human Rights Watch, Amnesty Worldwide and Medical doctors With out Borders additionally condemned nations vetoing a ceasefire, warning that this might lead to a humanitarian catastrophe.

Israel has refused to cease the bombing that has destroyed greater than 70 p.c of Gaza houses and displaced greater than 90 p.c of the enclave’s 2.3 million individuals.

Countdown2Ceasefire identified how individuals energy could make a distinction.

“As we enter 2024, we sit up for it being the 12 months that our New 12 months’s decision, of a everlasting ceasefire in Gaza, is fulfilled.”