As the war rages on between Israel and Hamas forces.
The world watches Iran and Lebanon in anticipation of their involvement in the war.
A day before Biden heads off to Israel, tensions grow in Lebanon following the destruction of a Gaza hospital, which resulted in the death of at least 500 people.
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) claimed the missile that destroyed the hospital was a misfire by Hamas troops, whereas Hamas claims Israel purposefully targeted and destroyed the hospital.
News of the hospital’s destruction has led angry protestors in Lebanon to protest outside the U.S. embassy.
Scenes of fire and tear gas spreading among the crowds are seen in disturbing videos.
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🇱🇧🇮🇱 Protesters set fire on the grounds of the US Embassy in Lebanon after the bombing of the Gaza Hospital.
pic.twitter.com/5ViHm5Fq4X— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) October 17, 2023
Fox News has more on the situation:
Protesters in Lebanon angry that a Gaza hospital was hit by rocket Tuesday that reportedly claimed the lives of hundreds of people descended on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut.
More than 100 protesters gather near the embassy carrying Palestinian flags, Reuters reported. Tear gas was fired near the building.
The demonstration came hours after the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza was hit by a rocket, prompting both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict to blame each other. The Hamas health Ministry said at least 500 people died, resulting in anger in the region.
Hamas claims the Israeli military targeted the hospital, but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) determined the Islamic Jihad terrorist group is responsible.
What is unfolding at the U.S. embassy is friegtening.
I pray that the Americans stationed there are able to evacuate as soon as possible.
JUST IN: Following an explosion that destroyed a hospital in Gaza, The United States embassy in Lebanon is moving to a very critically dangerous situation rapidly..
WILL JOE GET THEM OUT?
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) October 18, 2023
People are attacking the US EMBASSY in Lebanon pic.twitter.com/fLdtEHwuK7
— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) October 17, 2023
In Beirut, Lebanon everyone is heading towards the US EMBASSY. pic.twitter.com/Q6ncVoWLml
— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) October 17, 2023
The situation at the U.S. embassy paints a clear picture of rising tensions between Hezbollah, a Lebanonese group, and Israel.
Though Hezbollah has not officially declared war on Israel; Israel has launched preemptive strikes on the group.
The Associative Press has more on that story:
Clashes erupted Tuesday along the Lebanon-Israel border that left five Hezbollah fighters dead, marking the largest number of casualties for the militant group in a single day as tensions with Israel escalate.
Israeli forces and armed groups in Lebanon have engaged in a series of low-level skirmishes since the outbreak of the latest war in Gaza between the Israeli military and the Hamas militant group. Hezbollah has announced the death of 10 militants since skirmishes began.
Israeli military Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi threatened that Israel would retaliate aggressively should Hezbollah escalate.
“This is a war on the home,” Halevi said after meeting with Israeli troops near the northern border with Lebanon. “If Hezbollah makes a mistake, it will be annihilated.”
The raising tensions between Lebanon and Israel is of great concern to the American people.
It is not clear yet the role the U.S. military will take if Hezbollah and/or Iran decides to directly participate in the war against Israel.
Every day new events are unfolding in this war.
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