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Even during the ceasefire, they didn't find a solution to the water problem," said Rami al-Rizek, displaced with his family from their home in Gaza City. "The truce is the time to lift the rubble and search for all the missing people and bury them. What use is the truce if the bodies remain under the rubble?" Israel responded with aerial bombardment and a ground assault on Gaza, killing more than 15,000 people, around 40% of them children, according to Gazan health officials. Another Khan Younis resident, Ahmed al-Najjar, said of the truce: "Four days are not enough, and forty days are not enough, and four years will not be enough to get over the pain."

Persons: Khan Younis, Saleh Salem, KHAN YOUNIS, Rami al, Muath Hamdan, Maryam Abu Rjaileh, Abu Rjaileh, Yasser Abu Shamaleh, Abu Shamaleh, Israel, Ahmed al, Bassam Masoud, Fadi Shana, Mohammed Salem, Estelle Shirbon, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Khan, Gaza City, Egypt, rampaged

☆ Jordan cancels summit with Biden, Sisi and Abbas in Amman
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Suleiman Al-Khalidi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AMMAN, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Jordan has cancelled a summit it was to host in Amman on Wednesday with U.S. President Joe Biden and the Egyptian and Palestinian leaders to discuss Gaza, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said. Biden was expected to make a whirlwind trip to Israel where he would later head to Jordan and according to Jordanian officials meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Jordan's peace treaty with Israel is widely unpopular among many citizens who see normalisation as a sellout of the rights of their Palestinian brethren. The Israeli embassy, where protesters gather daily, has long been a flashpoint of anti-Israel protests at times of turmoil in the Palestinian territories. Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Additional reporting by Muath Freij; Editing by Grant McCoolOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jordan, Joe Biden, Ayman Safadi, Safadi, Israel, Biden, Abdel Fattah al Sisi, Mahmoud Abbas, Jordan's King Abdullah, Abdullah, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Muath Freij, Grant McCool Organizations: U.S, Gaza, Thomson Locations: AMMAN, Amman, Gaza, Israel, Jordan, Gaza ., Palestinian

[1/4] A view shows destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip as seen from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 15, 2023. Um Mohammad Al-Laham's 4-year-old granddaughter Fulla Al-Laham lay in a Gaza hospital, which like others is operating on low supplies of medicine and fuel. She said an Israeli air strike hit the family home, killing 14 people including Fulla's parents, siblings and members of her extended family. Israel has unleashed the heaviest air strikes ever on Gaza. It said dozens of people had been killed in strikes on vehicles carrying refugees on Friday, while medics, Hamas media and relatives say whole families have been killed in air strikes.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Israel, Mohammad Al, Fulla Al, Laham, Fulla, Kamal Edwan, Hussam Abu Safiya, Ashraf Al, Khan Younis, Youssef Abu Assi, Abed Saleh, Ismail Khader, Michael Georgy, Hugh Lawson, Janet Lawrence Organizations: REUTERS, Gaza, Hamas, Reuters, United Nations, Kamal Edwan Hospital, UNRWA, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, GAZA, Israeli, kibbutzes, Hamas, Gaza City

☆ Jordan says Palestinian displacement pushes region to 'abyss' of wider conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Suleiman Al-Khalidi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot Acquire Licensing RightsAMMAN, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Jordan said on Saturday any move by Israel to impose a new displacement of Palestinians would push the region to the "abyss" of a wider regional conflict. Israel's push to move the entire population to leave their homes was a "red line" that Arabs would confront, Safadi said. "This will bring the region into the hell of war ... we have to end this madness," he added. The war's continuation also threatened to lead to its spread on other fronts, Safadi said, adding that "violence would breed more violence and destruction". Safadi said the king had also emphasised Jordan's refusal to accept the displacement of Palestinians from their land.

Persons: Khan Younis, Ahmed Zakot, Jordan, Ayman Safadi, Israel, Safadi, King Abdullah, Antony Blinken, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Muath Freij, Emelia Sithole, Sharon Singleton, Helen Popper Our Organizations: United Nations, REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Canadian, U.S, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Jordan, Europe, Amman, East Jerusalem

☆ Jordan disperses pro-Palestinian protesters heading to border with West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Suleiman Al-Khalidi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Men pray as security forces stand guard during a protest to express solidarity with Palestinians, in Amman, Jordan October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Muath Freij Acquire Licensing RightsAMMAN, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Jordanian riot police on Friday forcibly dispersed hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters trying to reach a border zone with the Israeli-occupied West Bank as thousands held anti-Israel demonstrations across the country, witnesses said. The interior ministry had issued a ban against holding anti-Israel marches in the sensitive border area, where it said the Jordan river valley was closed to protesters but that licensed protests elsewhere would be allowed. Several thousand protesters near downtown Amman chanted slogans in support of Hamas and demanded the government close the Israeli embassy and scrap the 1994 peace treaty with Israel. The Israeli embassy, where protesters gather daily, has long been a flashpoint of anti-Israel protests at times of turmoil in the Palestinian territories.

Persons: Muath, Jordan, Witnesses, Israel, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Jordanian, West Bank, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Amman, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, East Jerusalem, Irbid

The girl was named as Shahid Abu Rokbah, and rescuers said her family fled from east of the Khan Younis district to inside the city in search of safety, only to be killed. He and others dug through the rubble of the building, which housed shops in its ground floor, with hand tools to avoid injuring anyone still alive. We removed the woman in the evening and the children were martyed and we just took them out from under rubble," he said. Gaza's health ministry said Israel's retaliatory strikes had killed at least 770 people and wounded more than 4,000. Reporting by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Bassam Masoud, Hamuda Hassan, Muath Freij; Writing by Alexandra Hudson; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Khan Younis, Shahid Abu Rokbah, Mohammad al Najjar, Al Najjar, Ala Abu Tair, Abassan Al, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Bassam, Hamuda Hassan, Muath, Alexandra Hudson, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, Israel

☆ Japan loans Jordan $100 million for electricity reforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Jordan's Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Zeina Toukan sign agreements in Amman, Jordan September 3, 2023. REUTERS/Muath Freij Acquire Licensing RightsAMMAN, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Japan extended a $100 million loan to help Jordan's electricity sector reforms as part of Tokyo's support for the kingdom's IMF-guided reforms, officials said on Sunday. "Japan will continue our support for Jordan in its economic and financial reforms and further modernization," Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said in joint remarks with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman al Safadi at the start of a visit to Jordan. Japan is one of Jordan's main donors, contributing over $4 billion in loans, aid and technical support in recent decades. Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi Editing by Ros RussellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Yoshimasa Hayashi, Muath, Ayman al Safadi, Jordan's King Abdullah, Hayashi, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Ros Russell Organizations: Planning, Cooperation, REUTERS, Rights, IMF, Jordan, Thomson Locations: Amman , Jordan, Japan, Jordan, Tokyo, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

☆ 'Constant fear': war shakes Sudan despite truce pledges
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Khalid Abdelaziz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The fighting has also reawakened a two-decade-old conflict in the western Darfur region where scores have died this week. "We're in a constant state of fear for ourselves and our children." The army has been deploying jets or drones on RSF forces spread out in neighbourhoods across the capital. Sudan's army accused the RSF of firing at the plane, damaging its fuel system which was being repaired after the aircraft managed to land safely. Some had walked from Khartoum to South Sudan's border, a distance of over 400 km (250 miles), a spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency said.

☆ Arab fans unite after surprise wins in Qatar
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Muath Freij | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

That chance to make history has forged a sense of solidarity among Arab supporters in Doha. "When Saudi Arabia play I am Saudi and when Morocco play, all the Arab people..." said Mansouri "...are Moroccans!" Mansouri said it felt as if Morocco and Saudi Arabia were both playing on home ground in Qatar, something which may have helped them reach new heights. All Arab and Gulf people support any (Arab) team," said Saudi supporter Khaled al-Asaimi, echoing the tone set by the leaders of Qatar and Saudi Arabia at the start of the tournament. Tensions between the two neigbours led Saudi Arabia and its allies to declare a travel and trade embargo on Qatar in 2017, a move only rescinded last year.

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