Jordanian police clash with protesters near Israel embassy

25/3/2024 11:39

        Riot police fired teargas to push back hundreds of Jordanian demonstrators marching on 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.
        
        Police were not immediately available for comment.
        
        They chanted "No Zionist embassy on Jordanian land," in one of the slogans that have become customary at protests that call on Jordan to scrap its unpopular peace treaty with Israel that often prompt accusations of a sell out.