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Jaclyn Diaz

From Amman to D.C., protests erupt for Palestinians following the Gaza hospital blast

Palestinians wave the national flag during a demonstration in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, protesting an explosion on a Gaza hospital which killed hundreds a day earlier. (Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images)

Angry protesters shouted pro-Palestinian messages and flew Palestinian flags and in some instances clashed with security in demonstrations from Lebanon to the West Bank and even as far as Washington, D.C.

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.

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