Hundreds protest in West Bank after Gaza hospital strike
Wednesday, 18 October 2023 Palestinian protesters in the West Bank blamed Israel for a strike on a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds. Israel denied the accusation, stating that the hospital was hit by a misfired rocket from Islamic Jihad. Protesters in Nablus and Ramallah chanted slogans against Israel and its ally the United States. Some also criticized Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and his Fatah movement. The protests were met with tear gas from Palestinian security forces.
The deadly strike on the Ahli Arab hospital in the Gaza Strip on the evening of 17 October is "totally unacceptable", says the UNβs High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker TΓΌrk, insisting that the perpetrators must be held to account. Health authorities in Gaza say the strike on the hospital...
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Christians and relatives of the victims of the Saint Porphyrius Church bombing on October 19 in Gaza City carry candles and the Palestinian flag while walking in a street of Jifna, north of Ramallah in..
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