Protesters rally in Beirut in solidarity with Gaza Palestinians

BEIRUT, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Several thousand people took part in a rally in central Beirut on Sunday in support of Palestinians in Gaza, with organisers urging Arab countries to end efforts to normalise ties with Israel and calling on Syria to join the war. The rally was jointly organised by the Palestinian group Hamas which controls Gaza and by the Lebanese Sunni Islamist Jama'a Islamiya, a group inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood, took place near Martyrs Square. Protesters waved Palestinian flags and the flags of the al-Qassam brigades, the...