Protesters on Paris streets showed solidarity with Palestine during an Olympic cycling road competition, Anadolu Agency reports.

As cyclists passed the 20th arrondissement of Paris, demonstrators displayed Palestinian flags and some wore keffiyehs and scarves. The keffiyeh is a well-known symbol of Palestinian nationalism.

Protesters wearing t-shirts in the colors of the Palestinian flag chanted: “Free Palestine.”

The French gendarme, who wanted demonstrators to remove their Palestinian flags, waited behind activists throughout the race.

Meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the Place de la Nation to demand that Israel stop its attacks against the Gaza Strip, which have continued for nearly 10 months.

The demonstrators carried Palestinian flags and banners with pictures of children killed in Israeli attacks.