Riot police crack down on protest outside US embassy in Lebanon

Riot police clashed with protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday during "day of anger" demonstrations against Israel after an explosion at a hospital in Gaza. 

What sounded like gunfire and explosions could be heard on the streets of Beirut as police attempted to disperse the riots. 

Hundreds of people gathered outside the embassy on Tuesday night after Hezbollah called for a "day of anger" in response to the blast at the hospital. Palestinian authorities claimed an Israeli airstrike on the hospital killed 500 people. Israel Defense Forces contested the claim with audio evidence they said showed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad missile misfired and hit the hospital. 

Tear gas was deployed near the embassy on Tuesday. A source told Fox News Digital that around 1,000 people, including supporters of Hezbollah, went to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut after a rocket hit the Gaza hospital.

Protesters threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at demonstrations, which caused a fire near the U.S. embassy in Beirut.