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Britain's Interior Minister voiced regret that Palestinian-supporting protests proceeded on Thursday following the terrorist incident that took two lives near a Jewish place of worship in the city of Manchester.

The top security official also called on protesters to "reconsider" from plans to organize marches in the next few days.

"I do think that proceeding in this way appears un-British, it seems wrong," she stated concerning demonstrations scheduled for this week.

Demonstrators in downtown London demonstrating against the Israeli navy intercepting a aid convoy transporting aid to the Gaza Strip had confrontations with police officers near the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday evening.

Substantial groups carrying flags of Palestine and signs could be seen on the government district into the evening.

The police force stated that fourty individuals had been detained. A half-dozen of those arrested were detained over attacks against law enforcement personnel.

"It is important to draw a line between events unfolding in the Middle East and situations developing at home," the home secretary stated during a morning news program on Friday.

"I would say to people who are intending to participate in a demonstration is to pause and reflect for a short while, and imagine if you had suffered the loss of a family member to a terrorist incident in this nation," she continued.

There were "robust" authorities to defend the freedom to protest, she stated, but they could be overridden on the recommendation of the law enforcement.

"I can act based from the law enforcement, if they were to advise me there was an inability to respond and to oversee the protests, then there are authorities that are accessible," she explained.

Jewish community leaders express worries

The UK's senior rabbinical leader commented that many members of the Jewish community asked why marches in solidarity of Palestinian advocacy groups had been permitted to take place.

The movement was outlawed as a terrorist organisation in the summer. At multiple demonstrations following the ban, numerous individuals have been detained for expressing solidarity for the group, which has secured approval to dispute the ban.

"A portion of them include explicit anti-Jewish sentiment, clear backing for the militant group. Not all participants, however there is so much of this, which certainly is harmful to many within our society," the chief rabbi stated.

"You cannot separate the rhetoric on our streets, the actions of people in this manner, and what inevitably results, which was the recent terror incident."

He also urged the administration "repeatedly", to "get a grip on these demonstrations, they are risky."