Outrage in the Arab world over the bombing against the Al Ahli hospital in the Gaza Strip Loop. Thousands of people in Middle East and the north of Africa They have taken to the streets of their cities to denounce an attack that has caused at least 500 deaths.
Hamas has attributed the explosion to an airstrike by Israel. However, the Israeli military has denied all responsibility and blamed the Palestinian militant group. Islamic Jihadwho has also refused to be behind the slaughter.
Although the perpetrator of the bombing has yet to be determined, the murder massive of civilians anger has been revealed again Palestine. Hundreds of protesters paraded through several cities in West Bank to protest against the attack on the hospital, but also chanting against the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbaswhich governs that area.
‘Day of wrath’ in Lebanon
The attack has also reawakened furious protests in the countries of the region. In the vast majority of these mobilizations, the Jewish State has been singled out and the country’s flags have been burned.
After learning of the tragedy, the paramilitary group Hezbollahsupported by Irancalled for a “day of fury” in the streets of the Lebanon. Thousands of people demonstrated yesterday Beirut waving Palestinian flags and are expected to continue doing so today, coinciding with the visit of the American president Joe Biden to Israel.
Hundreds of them set fire to a building near the embassy of USAaccording to Agence France-Presse, and threw stones at the embassy of France. They also tried to storm the headquarters of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
Unrest in the Arab world
The social unrest over the attack on the Gazan Al Ahli hospital has been noted in Arab countries such as Iraq, Qatar, Morocco, Syria, Libya, Yemen either Tunisiabut also in other heavyweights in the region that They are not Arabs like Iran either Türkiye.
In Jordan, hundreds of protesters have tried unsuccessfully to storm the Israeli embassy in the country. As in Lebanon, the police has managed to disperse the concentrates through the use of tear gas. In Tehran, hundreds protested outside the French and British embassies, throwing eggs at their buildings.
Global outrage grows as renewed conflict between Israel and Hamas it takes more innocent lives. A malaise that goes beyond the Arab world and is also being felt in large European, Asian and other cities. USA.
Political condemnation
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The deadly bombing has also been condemned by political leaders around the world. The president of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, who represents 55 states on the continent, has accused Israel of committing “war crimes“The governments of Iraq and Iran have declared three and one days of national mourning and others such as Saudi Arabia either United Arab Emirates have denounced the “violation of international standards” and have requested the intervention of the UN in the conflict.
I am horrified by the killing of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in a strike on a hospital in Gaza today, which I strongly condemn. My heart is with the families of the victims. Hospitals and medical personnel are protected under international humanitarian law.
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) October 17, 2023
The reactions of political leaders have depended on relations with Israel and have oscillated between more belligerent or more diplomatic tones. “The flames of the American-Israeli bombs (…) will soon consume the Zionists,” the Iranian president has warned, Ebrahim Raisi. On the other spectrum, both European Union and the United States have regretted the death of civilians and have asked to “clearly establish responsibility for this crime.”