Jordan cancels summit with Joe Biden
The Jordanian government is canceling the summit that US President Joe Biden would have held with Egyptian and Palestinian leaders in the capital Amman on Wednesday. According to Reuters, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ayman Safadi, states this.
Biden will arrive in Israel on Wednesday, where he will hold talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After that, he was supposed to continue to Amman.
After the hospital attack in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he is returning from Ammas to Ramallah in the West Bank, where his government sits.
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Protesters demand Abbas's resignation - throw stones
Palestinian security forces have clashed with protesters in several cities in the occupied West Bank, several news agencies report.
Demonstrators in Ramallah allegedly threw stones and chanted slogans against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. They are calling for his resignation because they believe he is too conciliatory in his rhetoric after the war between Hamas and Israel broke out.
Reuters writes that anger boiled over after the attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip.
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National mourning after the attack on the hospital: "Genocide"
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declares three days of national mourning after the attack on al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, state media reports according to Reuters.
- We have seen tragedies in previous wars but what has happened tonight amounts to genocide, says Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestine Civil Defense in a statement.
The hospital is in flames after the attack and Al Jazeera reports that people are trapped under rubble. According to information from Hamas-controlled authorities, at least 500 people have died in the attack on the hospital.
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Data on 500 killed in hospital attack in Gaza - the sides accuse each other
At least 500 people have been killed in an Israeli attack on a hospital area in Gaza, the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Ministry of Health claims, according to several media outlets.
If the death toll is confirmed, the attack would be the deadliest in five wars fought in the past 15 years, AP writes.
The Israeli military claims, according to Haaretz, that the terrorist group Islamic Jihad accidentally hit the hospital with a rocket. This is denied by a spokesperson for Islamic Jihad.
A school in the middle of the Gaza Strip that is used as a refugee center has also been attacked, according to the UN agency Unrwa.
"It is terrible, and it shows once again that civilians are not respected," Unrwa said in a statement.
Independent parties have so far been unable to confirm any information about the attack or the number of people killed.
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Hezbollah warns of "day of wrath" against Israel - increased activity at the border
The terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon declares Wednesday "a day of unprecedented anger" against Israel after the hospital attack in Gaza, which it blames Israel for, reports Reuters.
At the same time, a spokesperson for Israel's military states that it sees increased Hezbollah activity on the Lebanese border.
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden arrives in Israel, where he will hold talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. It is also a reason for Hezbollah's announcement on Tuesday evening, the terrorist group states.
On Tuesday, the violence between the Israeli military and Hezbollah escalated in the border area, and five Hezbollah fighters were killed.
Violence has taken place in the area almost every day since October 7, when Hamas' attack on Israel triggered the ongoing war.
Analysis: The hospital images shake the Arab world - the war will escalate
The images from the hospital attack in Gaza, where 500 people are said to have been killed, are met with "complete disgust" in the Arab world and will lead to widespread protests in the region. That's what Sky News correspondent Alex Rossi says.
It also means increased pressure on US President Joe Biden, who arrives in Israel on Wednesday, he continues.
- People want to know why the outside world only watches and why the Americans so steadfastly support Israel.
Hamas blames the attack on Israel, which in turn blames the Palestinian terrorist group Islamic Jihad - but regardless of who fired the rocket, the war will now escalate, writes DN's Emma Bouvin.
"Much is uncertain but some things are certain: A hospital has been hit by a bomb. People who were just seeking shelter are dead. There are no safe places in Gaza.”
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