2023-10-19 03:41:34
After the massacre, which left hundreds of Palestinians dead, large protests were recorded in Jordan, Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq, Egypt and Libya
OZAN KOSE / AFP Thousands of people protested in Turkey after the bombing of the hospital in Gaza
Thousands of protesters in Arab countries expressed this Wednesday, the 18th, their indignation in relation to the bombing that left hundreds dead in a hospital in the Gaza Strip, attributed to Israel by the Islamic movement Hamas. After the tragedy that left at least 471 deadaccording to data from the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, large protests were registered in Jordan, Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq, Egypt and Libya. The revolt movement had been called by the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, which called the date a “day of fury” against the Israeli government. Hamas accuses Israel of being responsible for the attack. The Israeli Army, in turn, rejected the accusations and attributed the attack to an unsuccessful launch of rockets from the Islamic Jihadallied with Hamas, which classified these accusations as “lies”.
This Wednesday, in front of the Israeli embassy in Amman, around 5,000 Jordanians gathered to demand the expulsion of the Israeli diplomatic mission following the attack. Security forces blocked the roads leading to the embassy, but the demonstration gained momentum amid fury on the streets of Jordan, a country that hosts a large number of Palestinian refugees. In Tunisia, thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in front of the French embassy and condemned Western support for Israel. Some carried Palestinian flags, while others demanded the expulsion of the ambassador – they accused the France of being part of the “Western allies of the Zionists”.
In Lebanon, hundreds of people with Palestinian and Hezbollah flags participated in a demonstration called by the Shiite party in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Lebanese provisional prime minister Najib Mikati declared a day of national mourning on Wednesday. In Damascus, in the Syrian capital, hundreds of people gathered near the Parliament. Many of them wore T-shirts with an image of President Bashar al-Assad. Thousands of Egyptians also demonstrated in different cities, according to images published by local media outlets and on social media. Turkey declared three days of national mourning, while Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi accused the USA of being “accomplices in the crimes” of Israel.
*With information from AFP
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