As the Israeli army continues to take action against the terrorist groups Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, anger against Israel and the US is growing in the Arab states. Iran calls on Islamic states to break with Israel. There are riots in many places. In the Lebanese capital Beirut, violent demonstrators attacked the US embassy.
In addition to stones, fireworks and Molotov cocktails also flew into the American mission building. Lebanese army units intervened and engaged in street battles with the angry crowd, who eventually managed to set fire to a building on the embassy grounds.
Protesters also blocked several access roads to the diplomatic mission. Images also spread on social media of a supporter of the radical Islamic militia Hezbollah, which supports the Palestinians in the fight against Israel, trying to hoist a Palestinian flag from an embassy flagpole.
Travel warning for US citizens
The US State Department subsequently issued a travel warning to US citizens. Family members of diplomats and staff who are not necessarily needed locally have also withdrawn from Beirut. There were similar protests in front of the French embassy. According to media reports, the situation was calmed again with the use of tear gas. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have intensified following the Al Ahli Arab hospital massacre. While the evidence points more toward a deceptive missile, Hamas continues to talk about an Israeli airstrike that reportedly killed nearly 500 people. However, there are doubts about this view. A European intelligence source said on Wednesday that based on the recordings there were probably dozens rather than hundreds of victims.
“There are not 200 or even 500 deaths, but rather several dozen, probably between 10 and 50,” the anonymous source said, according to the AFP news agency. She pointed out that the building had not been destroyed. The hospital was probably evacuated in advance, just like a number of hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, after the Israeli army gave orders to do so. There is “no evidence” that there were hundreds of people in the parking lot in front of it.
Spital song: „“No evidence” for Hamas’ claims
There was no typical destruction of surrounding buildings or a crater seen in an Israeli airstrike, said Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari. A telephone conversation intercepted by Israel between two members of the Islamist Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, also reported the malfunction of a Palestinian rocket. There are two independent videos that serve as evidence of a misguided missile.
Even according to the US, Israel is not responsible for the Gaza Strip hospital explosion, according to the information available so far. The basis of the assessment is the evaluation of aerial photographs, intercepted information and publicly available sources, National Security Council (NSC) spokeswoman Adrienne Watson explained on the short messaging service X (Twitter). The evaluations would continue.
Since the terrorist attacks on Israel by the Islamist-Palestinian organization Hamas and Israel’s counter-attacks on Gaza, there have been regular incidents at the Israel-Lebanon border in recent days, fueling concerns of an escalation. According to Hezbollah, 13 of its fighters have been killed in fighting in recent days.
Source: Krone
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