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Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 172?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 An Israeli tank is seen in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on March 27, 2024 (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
An Israeli tank is seen in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on March 27, 2024
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Jordanian anti-riot police use batons to push back protesters near Israeli embassy

"Oh Hamas...All of Jordan's people are behind you," the protesters chanted.

By REUTERS
Demonstrators carry banners and flags as a flare burns during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, outside Al Kalouti mosque near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, March 27, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Alaa Al-Sukhni)
Demonstrators carry banners and flags as a flare burns during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, outside Al Kalouti mosque near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, March 27, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Alaa Al-Sukhni)

Jordanian anti-riot police beat and arrested dozens of demonstrators trying to march towards the heavily guarded Israeli embassy in the capital Amman, witnesses and residents said on Wednesday.

More than two thousand protesters gathered late on Tuesday, the third day of demonstrations which have been marred with clashes, after baton wielding police pushed back hundreds of angry crowds seeking to storm the embassy compound in the affluent Rabae district of Amman.

The Israeli embassy, where protesters gather daily, has long been a flashpoint of anti-Israel protests at times of escalation of violence between Palestinians and Israel.

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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know

  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 134 hostages remain in Gaza, 34 of which killed in captivity, IDF says