Jordan's foreign minister offered blistering criticism Saturday of Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, describing it as “blatant aggression” against Palestinian civilians that threatens to engulf the wider Middle East.
Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesThe war began with Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.
Hamas militants killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted some 240 men, women and children, taking them back into the Gaza Strip.
More than 11,400 Palestinians have been killed in the war, two-thirds of them women and minors, according to Palestinian health authorities.
After the war, Safadi said Arab countries also would not “come and clean the mess after Israel.”“Let me be very clear.
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