Late on Tuesday night, following a deadly attack by Israel on the Baptist Hospital in Gaza, Jordan announced that a summit involving US President Joe Biden has been canceled. Earlier, President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine also announced that he will not meet Joe Biden as the fallout from the deadly strike continues to reverberate across the world.
The summit will be held “when the decision to stop the war and put an end to these massacres has been taken”, the Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi had said in an unusually harsh worded statement.
17 Oct 2023 05:22:23 PM – JORDAN CANCELS SUMMIT WITH U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND EGYPTIAN AND PALESTINIAN LEADERS IN AMMAN WEDNESDAY -JORDAN FOREIGN MINISTER
— Michelle Nichols (@michellenichols) October 17, 2023
‘Nothing can justify targeting civilians’: President of France on Gaza hospital strike
Macron has also demanded humanitarian access to Gaza ‘without delay’. He took to X (former Twitter) and said, “France condemns the attack on the Al-Ahli Arabi hospital in Gaza which caused so many Palestinian victims. We think of them. All the light must be shed.”
Rien ne peut justifier une frappe contre un hôpital. Rien ne peut justifier de prendre des civils pour cibles.
La France condamne l’attaque contre l’hôpital Al-Ahli Arabi de Gaza qui a fait tant de victimes palestiniennes. Nous pensons à elles. Toute la lumière devra être faite.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 17, 2023
Protests have erupted all over the world against Israel’s heinous and brutal attack on a Palestinian hospital which killed more than 800 people. From Sweden to Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, and the West Bank, people are taking to the streets and protesting against the genocide in Palestine. Protestors in Jordan have surrounded the Israeli embassy with calls to end the genocide.
After the recent attack, Scotland becomes the first country to offer refuge to the people of Gaza.
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