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.

Protesters gathered in front of the American embassy located in Anwar, east of Beirut (Lebanon), on October 17, 2023. (DANIEL CARDENAS / ANADOLU / AFP)

Demonstrators in front of the American embassy in Awkar, near Beirut (Lebanon), October 17, 2023. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

In front of the French embassy in Beirut (Lebanon), dozens of people wave the Palestinian flag, early in the morning of October 18, 2023, the day after the deadly strike which hit the Gaza hospital.  (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

A rally in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, where the police intervened to contain the demonstrators, October 17, 2023. (ISSAM RIMAWI / ANADOLU / AFP)

Demonstrators gathered in Ramallah, West Bank, October 17, 2023. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Demonstrators gathered in Tehran (Iran), October 18, 2023, with Palestinian flags, in support of the victims of the strike on a hospital in Gaza.  (STRINGER / ANADOLU)

People gathered in Atme (Syria) wave the Palestinian flag on October 17, 2023, following the explosion that hit the Gaza hospital.  (RAMI AL SAYED / AFP)

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Israeli consulate in Ankara (Turkey), October 17, 2023, to protest against the destruction of the Gaza hospital.  (MERT CAN BUKULMEZ / AFP)

Dozens of people gathered in front of the French embassy in Tunis (Tunisia), on October 17, 2023, in support of the victims of the destroyed Gaza hospital.  (YASSINE GAIDI / ANADOLU / AFP)

Police supervise a demonstration in support of the Palestinians in The Hague (Netherlands), October 17, 2023. (JOSH WALET / ANP MAG / AFP)

Police and demonstrators face each other under the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (Germany), October 17, 2023. (PAUL ZINKEN / DPA / AFP)

More than 500 people gathered in the streets of Montreal (Canada) on October 17, 2023, in support of the victims of the Gaza hospital explosion.  (AMRU SALAHUDDIEN / ANADOLU / AFP)

A protester with her fist raised in front of the White House, in Washington (United States), October 17, 2023. (CELAL GUNES / ANADOLU / AFP)

Members of the Orthodox Jewish community in New York (United States) participated in the rally organized in the city, in support of the victims of the explosion of a hospital in Gaza, on October 17, 2023. (FATIH AKTAS / ANADOLU / AFP)

A woman cries in the arms of another, during a demonstration in support of the Palestinians in San Juan (Puerto Rico), October 17, 2023. (ALEJANDRO GRANADILLO / ANADOLU / AFP)

Hundreds of demonstrators in front of the Palestinian embassy in Bogota (Colombia), October 17, 2023. (JUANCHO TORRES / ANADOLU / AFP)


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