Iran Press/ Europe: The dozens of protesters chanted slogans such as “No to supporting the state of murderers” and denounced Israel’s war on Gaza.
Greece has emerged as a key supporter of Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean, a position unimaginable little more than a decade ago and apparently at odds with public opinion.
“I come here not just as an ally but as a true friend,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on October 23, as the latest Middle East conflict flared.
“Greece, from the very first moment, supported the right of Israel to defend itself in line with international law,” he said.
Despite championing humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians trapped in Gaza, Greece was one of 45 abstentions from a UN General Assembly vote calling for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas, on October 27. A majority of 120 countries voted in favor.
“Eight EU members voted for the UN call for a humanitarian ceasefire. Greece, under Mitsotakis, chose not to be among them,” European Parliament member for the opposition Syriza party, Dimitris Papadimoulis said.
The devastating war in the Gaza Strip has been going on for more than a month. The Government Media Office in Gaza has just released a statement on the situation in Gaza. Here are some key takeaways:
On average, hospitals receive one wounded person every minute and 15 bodies every hour.
Six children and five women are killed every hour on average.
Almost 70 percent of Gaza’s population has been forcibly displaced from their homes due to Israeli bombing and raids.
About 30,000 tonnes of explosives used by Israel in the bombing – an average of 82 tonnes per square kilometer.
Half of the hospitals and 62 percent of primary care health centers are effectively out of service.
50 percent of housing units have been damaged by bombing and raids; 10 percent have become uninhabitable.
One-third of schools are damaged and about 9 percent are out of service.
14 percent of the mosques in the Gaza Strip have been damaged and 5 percent destroyed. 219
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