Around 5,000 demonstrators marched through Athens’ city center to the Israeli Embassy in solidarity with the Palestinian people on Oct. 7, 2025. Dozens of riot police with helmets and gas masks stood in front of several large police busses that formed a barricade on the street, blocking the demonstrators’ access to the embassy.

Amid waving Palestinian flags and fireworks being shot off towards the Israeli Embassy, some of the chants were “viva Palestina,” “free Gaza,” “free Palestine,” “we are all Palestinian,” “fuck you Israel,” and “death to the IDF.”

Police attacked the crowd, using flashbang grenades, pepper spray, and tear gas as the gathering was nearing its end and the various blocs of demonstrators had already begun to disperse. The pretext for the attack was two Molotov cocktails thrown from the anarchist bloc. The police carried out dozens of indiscriminate arrests and caused serious injuries to demonstrators. According to eyewitnesses, protesters’ limbs were broken and several were injured in the head.

After the initial beatings and detainments, jail support demonstrations were held. Police then continued with multiple attacks against members of the crowd, including journalists and lawyers, who were demanding better treatment of the detainees.

The Hellenic Police repeatedly refused to allow medical assistance to detainees, both from the ambulance staff that arrived on site and from volunteer medics present at the scene.

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