US and Israeli Embassies Surrounded with Protesters in Several Cities

The dispute over who is responsible for the explosion at a hospital in Gaza is ongoing but many people have already made up their minds. They are convinced Israel is responsible and so embassies around the region are under attack. Here’s the scene in Beirut. This tweet reads: “Protests in Beirut after attack on Gaza hospital, Hezbollah called tomorrow a day of anger”

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Hezbollah has indeed called for a day of anger tomorrow:

Another clip of people in the streets who are getting an early start on the day of anger.

Teargas is being used to keep people away from the embassy.

The French embassy in Beirut is also surrounded and people are throwing rocks.

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And a fire has been set at a UN building:

But Beirut is not the only place this is happening. In Amman, Jordan the Israeli embassy has been set on fire.

More on the scene in Jordan:

Scores of Jordanian protesters attempted to storm the Israeli embassy in Amman after an Israeli strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip killed at least 500 people.

A Jordanian security source denied rumours that the protesters had managed to storm the embassy, and told Middle East Eye that the protesters had been dealt with and removed from the surroundings.

Anas Mahmoud, an eyewitness, told MEE: “A group managed to reach the checkpoint near the embassy, ​​which is 200 metres away. Then, the public security officers arrived and dispersed them using tear gas.”

President Biden just tweeted this out (or someone on his behalf):

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“…directed my national security team to continue gathering information about what exactly happened. The United States stands unequivocally for the protection of civilian life during conflict and we mourn the patients, medical staff and other innocents killed or wounded in this tragedy.”

So Biden is leaving the question of who is responsible open for the moment. Meanwhile in Jordan.

I’m using video from Quds News Network (above) because they have it, not because I agree with their pro-Hamas perspective. More from Jordan:

A similar protest is taking place at Israel’s embassy in Ankara, Turkey:

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There are also big protests taking place in Egypt.

Just this morning I wrote that Hezbollah and other bad actors were choosing to stay out of the war in Israel, leaving Hamas to face Israel on their own. In just a few hours this explosion at a hospital may have changed all of that.

Of course it ought to matter who is actually responsible for that explosion but in reality all of the people seen above had already made up their minds.

I’ll try to update this if anything more happens at one of these embassies. But regardless this won’t be over tonight. The protesters will be out in force tomorrow.

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David Strom 11:20 AM | November 21, 2024
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