A day of national mourning and mass protests in Lebanon
Several demonstrations were called in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, to denounce the attack on the Gaza hospital, which led to the deaths of at least 500 people. The protests were concentrated in Beirut in front of the United States Embassy, Israel’s main ally in the region. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced that Wednesday will be a day of national mourning for the victims of “the massacres and attacks committed by the Israeli enemy,” after learning of the news of the attack on Al-Ahli Hospital.
The decree, published by the official Lebanese news agency ANN, stressed that this “massacre that targeted defenseless civilians in the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza constitutes a disgrace in the history of humanity.” He added that, therefore, “all flags raised in official departments, institutions and municipalities will be flown at half-mast in mourning, and the usual programs of radio and television stations will be modified to suit this major event.”
The Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group called on Tuesday for a “day of rage” to condemn what it said was an Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza City. The Israeli military blamed a failed missile fired by Islamic Jihad, another Gaza-based militant group. Hundreds also gathered in front of the French Embassy in Beirut, raised Hezbollah flags, and threw stones at the building. In Tehran, the capital of Iran, protests took place in front of the French and British embassies, and television images showed other demonstrations in front of the Israeli representation in Turkey, Jordan, southwest Yemen, and in the capitals of Morocco and Iraq. .
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