'Death to England and France!' Violent protesters in terrifying outbreak of demonstrations in Middle East
Lebanese capital, Beirut saw the worst clashes of the evening where the US embassy was set alight
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Demonstrators were heard chanting “death to France and England” after violent protests flared up across the Middle East.
The protests come after an air strike killed at least 200 Palestinians on Tuesday night.
The Israeli consulate in Jordan was stormed by demonstrators, while Western embassies have been targeted in Turkey, Tunisia and Lebanon, with rioting also breaking out in the West Bank.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, protesters were heard chanting “death to France and England” outside of the British and French embassies in Iran.
Masked campaigners were spotted setting off explosives and burning Israeli and American flags
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Some people were also seen throwing eggs at the French embassy building.
On Tuesday, Israel’s National Security Council advised Israelis to leave Turkey due to the risk of attacks.
Just hours later in Istanbul, protesters threw fireworks and other items on fire at the Israeli embassy.
Masked campaigners were spotted setting off explosives and burning Israeli and American flags.
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Shortly after the explosion at the hospital in Gaza, groups began taking to the streets in the West Bank.
Israel claim the explosion was a result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group in the enclave.
Israel's military has published what it described as evidence of the Palestinian rocket, rather than one of its own munitions being the cause.
Lebanese capital, Beirut saw the worst clashes of the evening where the US embassy was set alight.
In Istanbul, protesters threw fireworks and other items on fire at the Israeli embassy
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Demonstrators also clashed with police outside the French embassy.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued a warning on Wednesday that “the flames of US-Israeli bombs” would soon “consume” Israel.“
"The flames of the US-Israeli bombs, dropped this evening on the Palestinian victims injured at the... hospital in Gaza, will soon consume the Zionists,” Raisi said, according to the IRNA agency.
Protesters gathered at Palestine Square in Tehran to show support for Gaza’s liberation.