Lush stores closed today, September 4th

The move comes after the cosmetics company closed all of its UK stores for one day, September 3rd, as a sign of solidarity.

The company has four stores in Ireland, one in Cork and three in Dublin.

Customers were informed of the temporary closures on the Lush website.

The stores also had a message displayed in their shop windows, which read: "Stop starving Gaza, we are closed in solidarity."

Lush, which operates more than 100 stores across the UK, has closed all of them in protest against the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. Its website has also been taken down for the day, replaced with the Palestinian flag reading: ‘Stop starving Gaza. We are closed in solidarity’ pic.twitter.com/8zfyF4VzQn

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The company issued a statement about the move.

The Lush team stated:

"Like the rest of the world, we struggle to find ways we can help whilst the Israeli government is preventing urgent humanitarian assistance from entering Gaza.

"One thing Lush can currently send into Gaza is our love and a strong message that we stand in solidarity. This will take the form of halting business-as-usual by shutting our shops, website, and factories for one day."

It is understood that Lush staff were paid in full despite the closures.

Lush has been raising funds for medical care and prosthetic support in Gaza by selling their 'Watermelon Slice' soap.

"Our fundraising soap, Watermelon Slice, has been the most successful single-issue fundraising product in the history of Lush, indicating how strongly our customers feel, and we are grateful to have been able to raise funds towards child mental health support in Palestine.

"We now plan to make this soap available again," Lush confirmed.

The funds raised will go to medical services. This includes charities that provide prosthetic limb services to adults and children injured in Gaza.