Pro-Palestine supporters staging a sit-down protest on Oxford Street in London (David Wilcock/PA)

Pro-Palestine supporters staging a sit-down protest brought part of central London to a standstill.

Several hundred people marched down Regent Street before sitting down at the junction with Oxford Street shortly after 4.30pm on Sunday.

"We are all Hizbullah" - several hundred pro-Palestine protesters just had sit-down demo at Oxford Circus pic.twitter.com/JRyuOK37up — David Wilcock (@DavidTWilcock) June 18, 2017

Many carried banners with messages including “Boycott Israel”, “Freedom for Palestine” and “Zionism = racism”.

The demonstration wound its way through the capital’s retail heart, which was busy with shoppers.

A man on a loudspeaker led the protesters in chants of “Free Palestine”.

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