Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Amsterdam as a new National Holocaust Museum was opened.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog attended the event, as did Dutch King Willem-Alexander.

Demonstrators chanted “never again is now” and “ceasefire now” in a square close to the museum.

They also held Palestinian flags and signs that said “Jews against genocide” and “the grandchild of a holocaust survivor says: Stop Gaza Holocaust”.

Amnesty International put up detour signs to direct Mr Herzog to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. 

A spokesperson for the president declined to comment. 

Erev Rave, a Dutch Jewish anti-zionist organisation, organised the protest alongside the Dutch Palestinian Community and Socialists International.

Erev Rave said that while it honours the memory of Holocaust victims, it cannot stand by while the war in Gaza continues.

Six million Jews were executed by Nazi Germany during World War Two.

Israel was founded in 1948 as a safe haven for Jews. 

The Israeli government says its military operation in Gaza is one of self-defence following the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October, in which about 1,200 people were killed and hundreds more taken hostage.

The number of Palestinians killed since then has surpassed 31,000, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.