Main points for November 17th
- The death toll from Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza today has risen to 111, medical sources said. The victims included at least 50 people who were killed in an attack on a multistorey building in northern Beit Lahiya.
- In Lebanon’s Beirut, at least two people were killed and 22 wounded in an Israeli attack on Mar Elias Street in the city centre. The raid was the first on the area since Israel launched its ground offensive in Lebanon.
- Earlier, Hezbollah’s chief spokesman, Mohammed Afif, was killed in an Israeli bombing in Beirut’s Ras Al Naba’a commercial district. Three others, including children, were killed and 14 people were wounded.
- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said a peacekeeping patrol was fired on “about 40 times” in southern parts of the country, likely from “non-state actor members”.
- At least two Lebanese soldiers were killed after Israeli forces attacked a Lebanese army post in southern Hasbaiyya. Several others were wounded.
- In Israel, dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis clashed with police in Tel Aviv as they staged protests against conscription into the military.
Clashes as march in Greece shows support for Palestine
Brief clashes broke out as thousands of people marched in Thessaloniki and Athens to commemorate the 1973 student uprising against the Greek military dictatorship. The marches focused on the Israeli war on Gaza, delivering a message of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
In Thessaloniki, petrol bombs exploded and protesters burned US and Israeli flags, while in Athens, the march passed by the US Embassy and concluded at the Israeli Embassy.
Earlier in Athens, students carried a flag stained with the blood of those who took part in the 1973 revolt against the military government at Athens Polytechnic University, where several people had died after the military crashed through the gates with tanks.
People hold Palestinian flags during a rally marking the 51st anniversary of a student uprising against the military military government that ruled Greece
