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Britain's Interior Minister voiced regret that pro-Palestinian demonstrations continued on Thursday following the terror attack that took the lives of two men outside a Jewish place of worship in the city of Manchester.

The home secretary additionally urged protesters to "step back" from intentions to organize protests in the next few days.

"In my view that continuing in this manner appears contrary to British values, it feels misguided," she stated about protests arranged for this week.

Protesters in downtown London demonstrating against the Israel's naval forces intercepting a aid convoy transporting aid to Gaza had confrontations with police officers near Downing Street on Thursday night.

Numerous people holding Palestinian flags and placards could be spotted on Whitehall throughout the evening.

London's Metropolitan Police stated that fourty individuals had been detained. Six of those detained were arrested for assaults on law enforcement personnel.

"It is important to draw a line between what is happening in the Middle Eastern region and situations developing at home," the home secretary stated during a morning news program on Friday morning.

"I would advise to individuals who are planning to participate in a demonstration is to pause and reflect for a minute, and consider if you had lost a family member to a terror attack in this nation," she continued.

There were "substantial" authorities to protect the right to demonstrate, she mentioned, but they could be set aside on the recommendation of the police.

"I can act based from the law enforcement, if they were to advise me there was an lack of capacity to handle and to police the protests, then there are legal measures that are at my disposal," she elaborated.

Community leaders voice concerns

The UK's Chief Rabbi remarked that many people of the Jewish community wondered why protests in solidarity of Palestinian causes had been authorized to occur.

The organization was outlawed as a terrorist organisation in July. At numerous demonstrations after that, hundreds have been detained for expressing solidarity for the group, which has obtained approval to dispute the ban.

"A portion of them include explicit antisemitism, direct backing for Hamas. Not every single person, however there is a significant amount of this, which certainly is risky to many within our community," the chief rabbi declared.

"You cannot separate the speech on our streets, the behavior of people in this manner, and what ultimately follows, which was Thursday's terror incident."

He also urged the administration "once more", to "assert authority on these demonstrations, they are risky."