Greek police use tear gas to disperse thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters in Athens
(18 Oct 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Athens, Greece - 18 October 2023
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of protesters holding rally outside Israeli embassy, tear gas seen in background
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Aysa, (last name not given) Palestinian demonstrator: "Israel has taken over my country for 75 years, and America and NATO is by their side where they shouldn't, because innocent children are being killed every day."
3. Various of protesters holding rally outside Israeli embassy in Athens
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Somaney (last name not given) of Tunisia, demonstrator: "This is not something we can tolerate as Muslims, as human beings this is unacceptable, we seeing the children, the killings, the hospital bombardings, everything. They're killing them and it is unjustified, its really unjustified and its not fair and the children are the ones that are being lost, being killed and we want to say to the world 'Where are you? What are you going to do?'"
5. Various of protests
STORYLINE:
Greek riot police fired tear gas Wednesday after participants in a thousands-strong pro-Palestinian march tried to advance on the Israeli Embassy in Athens.
No arrests or injuries were reported, and the unrest ended quickly.
An estimated 10,000 people took part in Wednesday evening’s demonstration, many waving Palestinian flags.
The march was organised by left-wing groups and Palestinians in Greece.
Earlier, about a hundred people took part in a pro-Israeli gathering outside the embassy.
That ended well before the pro-Palestinian march.
The Greek government has voiced strong support for Israel in its war with Hamas.
Israel has been pounding Gaza with airstrikes since Hamas militants carried out an unprecedented cross-border attack last Saturday, in a brutal rampage.
The war that began Oct. 7 has become the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides.
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday that 3,478 Palestinians have been killed and more than 12,000 injured in the past 11 days.
More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, and at least 199 others, including children, were captured by Hamas and taken into Gaza, according to Israeli authorities.
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