After yesterdays deadly Gaza hospital attack that killed 500 people so far, Palestinian security forces in Ramallah fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the protesters throwing rocks and chatting against President Mahmoud Abbas as people took over streets to express their anger. Meanwhile, due to this attack, US President Joe Biden has also received a major bombshell from the Arabs.Deadliest attack on Gaza hospital, kills 500Notably, this airstrike on Gazas Al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital, which Palestinians blamed on Israel, was the deadliest single incident in Gaza since Israel launched a campaign in retaliation for a deadly Hamas gun rampage through Israeli communities.However, the Israeli army has refused to take responsibility for the strike, blaming it on a failed Palestinian militant rocket launch. The strike drew condemnation from the West and the Arab world, and protests were staged at Israels embassies in Turkey and Jordan and near the US embassy in Lebanon.Bidens meeting cancelled after Gaza hospital attackMeanwhile, Joe Biden is set to arrive in Tel Aviv today. Amid this Gaza hospital attack, his visit to Jordan has also been cancelled.After consulting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and in light of the days of mourning announced by President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, President Joe Biden will postpone his travel to Jordan and the planned meeting with these two leaders and President Sisi of Egypt:…— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2023 Jordans Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi announced that Bidens summit in Amman scheduled to take place on Wednesday with Jordans King Abdullah, Egypts President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been cancelled.In the West Bank, where Abbas was returning on Tuesday after cancelling a planned meeting in Jordan with President Joe Biden, hundreds of demonstrators marched in Ramallahs central Manara Square, with some chanting in support of Hamas militant leaders.How are Arabs reacting to thisAccording to Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh who is widely considered to be the factions overall leader, in a surprising move, blamed the US as responsible for the attack stressing that Washington gave Israel the “cover for its aggression.”“The hospital massacre confirms the enemys brutality and the extent of his feeling of defeat,” Haniyeh said in a televised address.He called upon all the Palestinian people “to get out and confront the occupation and the settlers” and for all Arabs and Muslims to stage protests against Israel.Apart from Hamas, even Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey also accused Israel of bombing the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.Netanyahu refutes these claimsHowever, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held the “barbaric terrorists in Gaza” responsible for the deaths.The entire world should know: It was barbaric terrorists in Gaza that attacked the hospital in Gaza, and not the IDF.Those who brutally murdered our children also murder their own children.— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) October 17, 2023 “So the whole world knows: The barbaric terrorists in Gaza are the ones who attacked the Gaza hospital, not the IDF (Israel Defence Forces),” Netanyahu said in a statement.“Those who cruelly murdered our children, murder their children as well,” he stressed.
