Israel’s relentless attacks on Gaza protested in Athens

By Ahmet Gencturk

ATHENS (AA) – Israel's relentless attacks on Gaza, which have continued since Oct. 7 of last year, as well as NATO, EU, and US policies regarding the plight of Palestinians, were protested on Saturday noon in the Greek capital city of Athens.

The rally was organized by the Palestinian Community of Greece and Stop the War-Alliance with Palestine, and it was attended by hundreds of people from left-wing student organizations, trade unions, and political parties who carried Palestinian flags and banners condemning Israeli attacks and demanding Palestine's right to live in freedom.

The protestors also chanted slogans condemning Israel's indiscriminate bombing of Gaza and the West's failure to acknowledge Israel's war crimes in the enclave and the West Bank.

At a separate rally in the northern port city of Thessaloniki organized by the Thessaloniki Committee for International Recession and Peace, hundreds of people protested the use of the port by US, German, and British military ships, as well as Western policies on the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the Greek Communist Party's (KKE) media platform reported.

“People's killers are not welcome,” and “Thessaloniki is a port of the people, and not a stronghold of the imperialists,” they chanted during the anti-Israel rally.

The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli army's ongoing attacks on Gaza since Oct. 7 has risen to 23,843, with 60,317 injured, the Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Saturday.

Israel has launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7.

Authorities claim the attacks by Hamas have killed around 1,200 Israelis.

The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million residents displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicines.