Demonstrators have gathered outside the US consulate in Johannesburg demanding ceasefire in Gaza as part of a global protest movement, Al Jazeera reports.

Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller, reporting from the city, said many in the crowd accuse the US, which has supplied Israel with thousands of tonnes of military equipment since the war started, of “complicity in the bombardment of the Palestinian people”.

“The protest has been bolstered by South Africa’s case at the ICJ, charging Israel with genocide,” said Miller.

Roshan Dadoo, a leader of South Africa’s Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, who attended the protest, said: “We’re going to be here until we can make sure there is a ceasefire and sufficient humanitarian assistance for Gaza.”