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Child victims of Gaza onslaught remembered in Westminster vigil
- In 2025, James Micallef Grimaud, an artist from Malta, created a 15-metre mural called 'Loss of Innocence' at the Banksy Tunnel located near Waterloo Station in London.
- He created the mural using bullet-riddled teddy bears to symbolize the suffering and loss of innocence among Palestinian children amid ongoing conflict.
- The artwork displays a group of 30 to 40 teddy bears, each marked by bullet wounds and bleeding onto the ground, symbolizing children caught in the horrors of violence.
- Micallef Grimaud explained that the teddy bear symbolizes the shattered innocence of Palestinian children, and he also shared that the mural received a warm response from the public, including someone generously buying him lunch.
- In related events, actors like Steve Coogan and Juliet Stevenson read over 16,000 names of children killed in Gaza during a Choose Love vigil, urging a ceasefire and humanitarian aid.
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Children in Gaza live a life in constant fear
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Maltese street artist spotlights Palestinian children in London mural
Renowned Maltese street artist James Micallef Grimaud has returned to his powerful teddy bear motif in a bold new mural in London, using bullet-riddled toys as haunting symbols of the ongoing suffering of children in war-torn Gaza.The new work, titled Loss of Innocence, was painted at the entrance of the Leake Street Tunnel, better known...
He would embrace them, water their lives and give them the sun. If he had so much tenderness to write the wonderful tale, for the love of the children of Las Malvinas he would mourn their death and all the evil they caused them. He would weep for such fate of the children of Gaza and if he could resurrect all the little ones of the world who did not let them grow, those who grow up among thorns, their parents.
Steve Coogan reads out names of children killed in Gaza at vigil
Actors and activists, including Steve Coogan and Juliet Stevenson, gathered in London to read aloud the names of thousands of children killed in Gaza. The vigil, organised by Choose Love, took place in the shadow of the Elizabeth Tower outside the Palace of Westminster. Participants sought to honour the more than 16,000 children who have died in the last 19 months. Standing in front of a banner which read “Gaza: Actions Not Words”, Coogan said h…
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