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There is a precedent for the flying of flags after terror attacks or humanitarian crisis. E.g. After terror attacks in France or the invasion of Ukraine. I don't see it as a symbol of support for the Israeli government (even if the UK didn't have such a relaxed attitude to Israel's human rights abuses, i still think the flag would have flown).
As for the Palestinian flag: flying it in Trafalgar Square could be an act of solidarity, walking through Stamford Hill waving it is something different. Same as an England flag at a football match is a different thing to one on an EDL march.
Flags are complicated things.