As Israel bombs Gaza hospital, killing over 500 people; protests erupt in several cities of west bank with Palestinians rallying against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, calling for the fall of the President and observing a strike against the hospital bombing.
Protestors were heard shouting slogans: “The people want the fall of the president,” in protest against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s perceived inaction in the face of the Israeli war on Gaza.
The air strike on hospital came on the 11th day of Israel’s continuous aerial bombardment on the besieged Gaza Strip that has killed over 3500 Palestinians and injured more than 12500.
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The bombing also drew condemnation from across the world, and protests were staged at Israel’s embassies in Turkey and Jordan, as well as near the United States Embassy in Lebanon. Israel has denied responsibility for the attack, though it has continuously bombed the Gaza Strip for 11 days now.
Reports of President Abbas cancelling a planned meeting in Jordan with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, in protest of the hospital bombardment and other attacks. But as he returned to the West Bank, he was greeted by hundreds of demonstrators marching in Ramallah’s central Manara Square against the Palestinian Authority inaction.
Some chanted in support of Hamas leaders. Others threw rocks.
Clashes with Palestinian security forces also broke out in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Tubas and Jenin, a northern city that was the focus of major Israeli military operations earlier this year.
