Middle East Protests Escalate Following Gaza Hospital Strike

Protests erupted near the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, as hundreds of demonstrators gathered following a rocket strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip. The protest was driven by a Hezbollah statement calling for protests in front of Israeli embassies, leading protesters to target the U.S. and French embassies due to their support for Israel. Similar protests occurred near the Israeli Embassy in Amman, Jordan. The rocket attack on the hospital resulted in hundreds of deaths, with the IDF attributing it to a failed rocket launch by Islamic Jihad. Tear gas was deployed to disperse the protesters in both Beirut and Amman.