Palestinians in West Bank observe strike in mourning for Gaza hospital victims

(18 Oct 2023)
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Ramallah - 18 October 2023
1. Man sweeping footpath
2. Various of destroyed street signs
3. Various of workers sweeping and cleaning street
4. Palestinian security personnel
5. Man walking next to closed shops
6. Various of closed shops
7. Various of empty street and closed shops
8. Various of Palestinian flags at half-mast
9. Wide of Palestinian Prime Minister's office
STORYLINE:
Palestinians in the West Bank on Wednesday observed a general strike and mourned the victims who died in a Gaza hospital explosion.

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike caused the destruction and hundreds of deaths.

The Israeli military denied involvement and blamed a misfired rocket from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group.

However, that organization also rejected responsibility.

Protests took place in Ramallah in the West Bank on Tuesday evening, after Hamas said Israel was responsible for the blast.

Protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces who fired back with stun grenades.

Biden had been scheduled to visit Jordan after the stop in Israel, but meetings there with Arab leaders were called off after the hospital explosion.

He told Netanyahu he was “deeply saddened and outraged” by the explosion.

But he also said it was not hyperbole to say Hamas had “slaughtered” Israelis in the Oct. 7 attack.

AP video shot by Imad Issied

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