Jordan to host 3-way Arab summit to push for Gaza cease-fire
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – The leaders of Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine will hold summit talks in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip.
A statement by Jordan’s Royal Court said King Abdullah II will meet with Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “to discuss the dangerous developments in Gaza and the situation in the West Bank.”
The summit comes as part of efforts “to coordinate Arab positions to push for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and ensure the uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid,” the statement said.
Wednesday’s summit comes amid a regional tour by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to seek to prevent an expansion of the conflict in the region.
Israel has killed at least 23,210 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since Oct. 7, according to local health authorities.
About 85% of Gazans have been displaced, all of them food insecure, according to the UN. Hundreds of thousands of people are living without shelter.
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