Protests erupt for Palestinians from Amman to D.C. following the Gaza hospital blast
Thousands of killed in a rocket-launched explosion by the Islamic Jihad group: An Israeli airstrike, Israel’s innocence, and the fate of the House speaker
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Hundreds of people were dead in a massive explosion at a crowded hospital in Gaza, according to health authorities. The cause of the explosion has not been determined. Palestinians blame an Israeli airstrike for a blast that Israel says was caused by a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. President Biden canceled a trip to Jordan due to the uproar across the Middle East.
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In many neighborhoods in the West Bank, including Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron, Palestinians took to the streets. Some reportedly threw rocks at Israeli security in the West Bank.
In Amman, Jordan, more than a thousand people marched toward the Israeli Embassy in the hours after news spread of an explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Security forces tear-gassed people trying to reach the building and riot police managed to push back crowds away from the embassy.
The spread of tension between Israel and Hamas illustrates the raw emotion felt by many hitting the streets in protest in the Middle East.
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“The Department of State urges U.S. citizens in Lebanon to make plans to depart as soon as possible while commercial options are still available,” the agency said.
The clashes continued late Wednesday as President Joe Biden met with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv. He expressed support for Israel and doubled down on the assertion that the explosion at the hospital was the result of a Palestinian militant group and not an Israel attack. Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls Gaza, and other Arab countries placed the blame on Israel.
In response to the tragedy in the Gaza hospital, a strike will take place in the West Bank on Wednesday. Many businesses and stores were closed for the demonstration.
In Washington, an estimated 300 people were arrested during a protest in the Capitol, the U.S. Capitol Police told NPR, and three were charged with assaulting police officers.
Jewish Voice for Peace and If Not Now Org marched in the streets calling for the end of “genocide in Palestine.” They entered the Capitol building late in the afternoon and continued to hold demonstrations in the Cannon House Office Building until police started to make arrests.
At least 30 people were killed in a blast at a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, officials said. The explosion was caused by a failed rocket launch by Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad. Earlier, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu had said the blast was the result of a failed rocket launch by the group.