More than 5,000 people are protesting in Athens, police say, calling for an end to the “massacre” of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
“We are fighting for the peace of people,” Athens News Agency quotes demonstrators as chanting through megaphones.
“Stop the massacre of the Palestinian people in Gaza,” they shout.
The Athens demonstrators brand Israel a “murderous state” and also denounce the Greek government for abstaining in Friday’s UN vote on an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
The protesters march to Israel’s embassy in the Greek capital’s Psychiko’s suburb.
No trouble is reported during the demonstration.
Ambassador from the Palestinian Authority Youssef Dorchom attends the protest, as did a large delegation from Greece’s KKE Communist Party.
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in Britain on Saturday calling for a ceasefire as Israel’s army intensified its military operations on Gaza.
Thousands more demonstrated in France and Switzerland, as well as New York.
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