2024 - IN IMAGES, IN PICTURES. After the deadly explosion of a hospital in Gaza, angry demonstrations from Tehran to Montreal

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in particular in front of the embassies of France and the United Kingdom in Tehran.

Fear and anger. In the Arab world as on the American continent, hundreds, even sometimes thousands, of demonstrators gathered on the night of Tuesday October 17 to Wednesday October 18 to protest against the destruction of a hospital in Gaza. The explosion left hundreds of victims, according to Palestinian authorities. A carnage that Hamas, the Islamist movement in power in Gaza, attributes to the Israeli army. An accusation rejected by Israel, which for its part accuses Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian organization allied to Hamas. Immediately after this tragedy, rallies in solidarity with the Palestinian victims also took place in several cities around the world.

From Tehran to Montreal, dozens of rallies improvised on Tuesday evening, after the explosion which struck the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, killing at least 200 people, according to the Palestinian authorities. If, for the moment, the origin of the shot has not yet been demonstrated, the Palestinian authorities and its allies accuse the Israeli army. Enough to arouse the anger of populations in countries around the world.

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In Ramallah, in the West Bank, clashes broke out Tuesday evening between demonstrators calling for the departure of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his security forces. In Lebanon, pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed with police in front of the American embassy in Awkar, a suburb of Beirut, where they chanted “death to America” And “death to Israel”.

In Iran, thousands of people gathered in Palestine Square in Tehran to shout their anger. Protesters then targeted the French embassy, throwing eggs at the walls of the compound. In Jordan, dozens of demonstrators attempted to enter the grounds of the Israeli embassy in Amman. DThe demonstrations were also held in front of the Israeli consulate in Istanbul (Turkey), Tunis (Tunisia) and Baghdad (Iraq).

In Europe, in Berlin (Germany), pro-Palestinian demonstrations degenerated, sometimes violently, in Neukölln and at the Brandenburg Gate, reports the German magazine Der Spiegel. Gatherings also took place on the American continent: in Montreal (Canada) or in Washington and New York (United States), in Puerto Rico and in Colombia.