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Protesters attempt to storm Israeli embassy in Jordan, source says
From CNN's Caroline Faraj, Jomana Karadsheh and Mohammed Tawfeeq
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Tuesday night to condemn the
deadly strike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza.
A group gathered near the Israeli embassy in the Rabieh area in western Amman in an attempt to "reach it," but security forces dealt with them and pushed them away, a security source told CNN on Tuesday. Jordan's state-run
Petra news agency also reported the protesters attempts to reach the embassy.
Jordanian security forces used tear gas to disperse crowds in Amman, two activists told CNN. Social media videos also show security forces using tear gas to push protesters back from the embassy.
There have been almost daily protests near the Israeli embassy over the past week to protest Israeli strikes on Gaza.
Preliminary estimates indicate hundreds of people have been killed in the strike on the Gaza hospital, which was sheltering thousands of displaced people who were forcibly evacuated from their homes by the occupation, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said in a statement.
The Israel Defense Forces has "categorically” denied that Israel was involved in the bombardment of the hospital and said intelligence shows a Palestinian Islamic Jihad group is responsible for
a “failed rocket launch” that struck the hospital.
A barrage of rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel passed near the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza when it was hit. the IDF said.
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