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Protests erupt across the Middle East after strike on Gaza hospital kills hundreds

Protesters take cover from tear gas fired by riot police during a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza near the US embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, on October 18, 2023. © Bilal Hussein, AP

Within hours after a blast was said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighboring Jordan, venting fury at their leaders for failing to stop the carnage.

A summit planned in Jordan on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was canceled after Abbas withdrew in protest.

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