Protesters show solidarity with Palestinians after deadly hospital blast in Gaza Strip

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Thousands of people filled a square in Beirut’s Hezbollah-controlled southern suburb of Dahieh on Wednesday and poured into its densely populated sidestreets, answering the group’s call for a day of rage after the blast at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday evening.

As the US president, Joe Biden, made a show of solidarity with Israel during a visit there, the crowds in Dahieh chanted “we obey you, oh Nasrullah” and “death to America and Israel”. Some waved Hezbollah and Palestinian flags and carried pictures of the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah.