A pro-Palestine protest has started outside Wimbledon as the tennis tournament gets underway today. Images taken outside the tennis tournament show a damaged car surrounded by people waving Palestinian flags.

Marks that appear to represent bullet holes completely cover the car, and each hole has been numbered in red paint. What appear to be memorial photos have also been leaned against the vehicle, many of which are of children. Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK shared a protest event through Facebook, which was due to start today at 10am at Church Road, opposite Centre Court.

In a post, the campaign group wrote: "Join us today outside Wimbledon to demand that Barclays, the tournament's sponsor, stops bankrolling Israel's genocide against Palestinians."

According to its website, PSC is a "community of people working together for peace, equality, and justice and against racism, occupation, and colonisation".

It comes alongside reports that at least 60,000 children are suffering from malnutrition because of a lack of food, according to a spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Khalil Al-Daqran, who spoke to Al Jazeera.

They claimed Israel systematically targets hospitals in the Gaza Strip, and that there is not a single carton of milk available for children in the Gaza Strip.

In a report by the World Health Organisation on May 22, it recorded 28 attacks on health care in Gaza during the week prior, and 697 attacks since October 2023.

A spokesperson for Barclays told The Express: "We are proud of our partnership with Wimbledon which supports the growth of The Championships and opportunities for young people across the UK through the Wimbledon Foundation.

"We provide a range of financial services and products to companies supplying defence products to the UK, NATO and its allies.

"As NATO, as the EU and UK seek to increase their defence capabilities in response to increasing geopolitical threats, the provision of financial products and services to the defence sector is becoming increasingly important."

The protests align with the first day of the tennis championships at Wimbledon on Monday 30 June, where gentlemen's and ladies' singles matches will be played. The tournament will run for 14 days until Sunday, 13 July.