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Jordanian police clash with protesters near Israel embassy

24 March 2024 22:00 GMT

Riot police fired tear gas to push back hundreds of Jordanian demonstrators marching to the Israeli embassy in Amman on Sunday in protest at Israel's latest storming of hospitals in Gaza and mounting civilian deaths.

The authorities had earlier deployed riot police to disperse demonstrators gathered in the Kaloti mosque in the capital who were planning to march on the heavily fortified Israeli embassy nearby.

Several protesters were beaten and several arrested as they tried to break a heavy police cordon around the embassy, witnesses said.

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Members of the Jordanian Gendarmerie and police take position to prevent demonstrators that make their way towards the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan on 24 March (Reuters/Jehad Shelbak)
Members of the Jordanian Gendarmerie and police take position to prevent demonstrators that make their way towards the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan on 24 March (Reuters/Jehad Shelbak)