The heads of diplomacy from Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar will meet in Amman on Saturday with their North American counterpart, Antony Blinken, to discuss how to “stop the war in Gaza,” they said he Friday. honest the Jordanian government.
In a statement, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said a representative of the Palestinian Authority will participate in the meeting, which will also focus on the “repercussions (…) of the dangerous escalation of the conflict that threatens the security of the Palestinian territories . entire region” of the Middle East.
The Arab Ministers”will first hold a coordination meeting on efforts to stop Israel’s war on Gaza and the humanitarian catastrophe it is causing.” refers to the statement. This will be followed by “a joint meeting with the US Secretary of State, during which they will reaffirm the Arab position calling for an immediate ceasefire and the immediate and urgent arrival of aid in the Gaza Strip.”
The US Secretary of State, who hails from Tel Aviv, arrives in Jordan at a historic low point in Amman’s relations with Israel, following the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Blinken ran a marathon through the region about 10 days ago, visiting Israel twice and several Arab countries.
On October 7, Hamas – classified as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Israel – carried out an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory, killing more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and taking more than 200 hostages . whom he holds captive in the Gaza Strip.
Israel then began strong retaliation against that poor Palestinian enclave, controlled by Hamas since 2007, with cuts to supplies of food, water, electricity and fuel and daily bombardments, followed by a ground offensive that completed the siege on Thursday. Gaza.
The war between Israel and Hamas, which enters its 28th day today and continues to threaten to spread across the Middle East, has so far killed more than 9,200 people in the Gaza Strip, including 3,826 children, according to a report by the local ministry. of health.
News updated at 8:58 PM
Source: DN
