CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah, in a meeting in Amman on Tuesday, reiterated the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, given the humanitarian catastrophe, starvation, and devastation of livelihoods in the besieged region.
Presidential spokesman Ahmed Fahmy said the two leaders spoke of the close relations between the two countries at all levels, emphasizing mutual commitment to further advancing and strengthening cooperation in all domains.
There was also an alignment of views in regard to the importance of continuing coordination and consultations on developments in regional and international issues, including the situation in the Gaza Strip.
The parties warned against the grave and severe consequences of any military operation in the Palestinian city of Rafah.
They called on the international community to assume its role in ensuring the unfettered delivery of sufficient humanitarian aid into the sector to provide relief to those affected.
El-Sisi and King Abdullah reaffirmed their opposition to the displacement of Palestinians outside the territories, and their commitment to the two-state solution — which envisages the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state based on June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital — as the basis for a just and comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian issue.
El-Sisi, King Abdullah stress urgent need for Gaza ceasefire
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El-Sisi, King Abdullah stress urgent need for Gaza ceasefire
- Call for international community to assume role in ensuring delivery of humanitarian aid
- The parties warned against the grave and severe consequences of any military operation in the Palestinian city of Rafah
Israeli settlers target wells, disrupt water supply to 19 Palestinian areas near Ramallah
- Settlers broke windows, doors, control panels and cut the cables rendering the wells completely inoperable
- Attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian homes and businesses have increased since October 2023
LONDON: Israeli settlers attacked water wells in the Ein Samia area, northeast of Ramallah, overnight, causing a disruption in the water supply for several hours, according to the Jerusalem District Water Department's report on Sunday.
The Palestinian Authority’s water authority reported that settlers targeted wells number two, four, and six in Ein Samia, disrupting their operation from Saturday at 10 p.m. until Sunday at 9 a.m. The attackers broke windows, doors, control panels and cut the cables, rendering the wells completely inoperable.
It warned that attacks on the primary water source jeopardized access to water for over 19 areas in the occupied West Bank, worsening the difficulties faced by residents near Ramallah.
Attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian homes and businesses have increased since October 2023.
These incidents include vandalism, arson, shootings, and the destruction of agricultural lands and water sources, often intended to pressure residents into leaving their land. Israeli authorities often provide protection for settlers during attacks, including military deployment to accompany them and suppress local resistance, the Wafa news agency reported.
Excluding East Jerusalem, which was occupied and annexed by Israel in 1967, some 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, along with about 3 million Palestinian residents.
