By Laith Al-Juneidi
Thousands of Jordanians on Wednesday took to the streets for a solidarity rally with Gaza near Israel’s Embassy in the capital Amman, condemning the Israeli attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip which took hundreds of lives.
According to an Anadolu correspondent, the rally took place in front of Al-Kalouti Mosque in the Al-Rabia district, located just a few hundred meters from the embassy.
The area was heavily guarded, particularly following an attempt to breach the embassy during a similar protest on Tuesday evening
Some 500 people were killed in the Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza late Tuesday, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Footage on social media showed corpses scattered across the hospital grounds
Thousands of Palestinians were at the hospital when the building came under bombardment, an Anadolu reporter said
Israeli authorities have denied involvement in the explosion, claiming it was caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket.
*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala in Istanbul