Jordan has withdrawn its ambassador from Israel amid
the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which entered day 27 on Thursday.
“Today, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs @AymanHsafadi decided to summon the
Jordanian ambassador to Israel to Jordan immediately, and Al-Safadi directed
the relevant department to inform the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs not
to return its ambassador who had previously left the Kingdom, as an expression
of the position of Jordan,” as per Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Expatriates’ official handle on X.
The Ministry said Jordan rejects and condemns the
Israeli war on the Gaza Strip “which is killing innocent people, causing an
unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, and carries dangerous possibilities for
its expansion, which will threaten the security of the entire region and
international security and peace.”
Recently, the foreign ministries of Egypt, Jordan and
Saudi Arabia condemned Israel’s strikes in Jabaliya in the northern part of the
Gaza Strip, in which Hamas, in an unverified claim, said some 50 Palestinians
were killed, The Times of Israel reported.
The statement of the three nations came after the
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it had killed the commander of Hamas’s Central
Jabaliya Battalion, Ibrahim Biari, in a strike on the Jabalya refugee camp in
the Gaza Strip, CNN reported.
Egypt called the airstrikes “inhumane” and a “blatant
violation of international law.” It warned of the consequences of “indiscriminate
attacks on civilians in and around hospitals, where they seek refuge.”
Furthermore, Egypt urged the international community
to intervene to stop Israeli attacks and to provide humanitarian aid to the
residents of Gaza.
Jordan in the “strongest terms,” condemned the Israeli
attack. It condemned the ongoing escalation in the West Bank and settlers’
violence against Palestinians, according to The Times of Israel.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia expressed its “complete
rejection” of the Israeli Forces’ repeated “targeting of sites crowded with
civilians,” according to The Times of Israel report.
The IDF said the strikes targeted Hamas operatives and
infrastructure belonging to the terror group’s Central Jabaliya Battalion, The
Times of Israel reported. It said that the collapse of underground terror
tunnels damaged some nearby buildings.
According to IDF, “numerous” terrorists were killed,
including a top Hamas commander.
In a statement, the IDF said, “A short while ago, IDF
fighter jets, acting on ISA intelligence, killed Ibrahim Biari, the Commander
of Hamas’ Central Jabaliya Battalion. Biari was one of the leaders responsible
for sending ‘Nukbha’ terrorist operatives to Israel to carry out the murderous
terror attack on October 7th. Numerous Hamas terrorists were hit in the strike,”
according to CNN.
The IDF said Ibrahim Biari oversaw all military
operations in the northern Gaza Strip since it started its ground operation. He
was also involved in multiple attacks on Israel going back decades. The IDF
said it had carried out a wide-scale strike on terrorists and terror
infrastructure belonging to the Central Jabalya Battalion, according to CNN.
Taking to X, the IDF said, “Over the past day, IDF
troops operated in a Hamas terrorist stronghold in Jabaliya, northern Gaza. The
stronghold was used for training and execution of terrorism activities. During
the ground activity, the troops eliminated approximately 50 terrorists, as well
as destroyed entrances to terrorist tunnels and weapons.”
Meanwhile, Israel on Wednesday again struck Gaza’s
Jabalia refugee camp, Al Jazeera reported.
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