AMMAN: The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday evacuated staff from the country’s embassy in Cairo amid mass demonstrations in the city against the Israeli bombardment and siege of Gaza, the Petra News Agency reported.
Citing reports in Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the agency said the operation took place after Israeli authorities declared a state of maximum alert in all of the nation’s embassies. The evacuation in Cairo followed reports that embassy staff were evacuated from Amman, Jordan, on Oct 8.
Jordanian police on Wednesday said several anti-riot officers were injured during clashes with rioting protesters near the Israeli embassy. Authorities had deployed riot police to disperse thousands of demonstrators who were planning to march on the heavily fortified mission to protest against the Israeli military assault on Gaza.
