Hezbollah calls for 'day of rage' over Israel's attack on Gaza hospital

(Patria) - The Lebanese Hezbollah movement, supported by Iran, has called for a "day of rage" to condemn the attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip, as hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the French and American embassies in protest, AFP reported.

Hezbollah blamed Israel for the attack on the hospital, calling it a "massacre" and a "brutal crime," while the Israeli army claims the hospital was hit by a rocket misfired by Islamic Jihad, a Gaza-based militant group.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that at least 500 people were killed in the Israeli attack on the hospital where displaced people had taken shelter.

"Let Wednesday be a day of rage against the enemy," Hezbollah said in a statement, calling on Muslim and Arab brothers to "immediately take to the streets and squares to express intense anger".

Following Hezbollah's call, hundreds of protesters clashed with Lebanese security forces in front of the American embassy in the suburb of Awkar, where protesters threw stones and set fire to a building, AFP correspondents report.

Police fired several rounds of tear gas to disperse the protesters. "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," the protesters chanted.

Hundreds of people also gathered at the French embassy in Beirut, raising Hezbollah flags and throwing stones that piled up at the main entrance to the embassy.

Lebanon's interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati declared Wednesday a national day of mourning.