AMMAN — In a meeting with
press representatives on Wednesday
Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh said
Jordan will not send any military forces to Gaza and will not accept the
replacement of an Israeli soldier with a Jordanian one.
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Furthermore, he stated
that Jordan has firmly rejected an Israeli request to withdraw the
Jordanian field hospital from Gaza and evacuate its staff. Their rationale is that Israel
cannot be held responsible for the hospital's security during the ongoing siege.
In response to
potential needs, Jordan may establish a
field hospital in the Occupied West
Bank and is prepared to send a portion of its strategic wheat reserves to that
region.
Meanwhile, he added
that Jordan is closely monitoring critical
developments in the Gaza conflict
and its potential political, economic, and security ramifications. The country
has plans in place to elevate its response in the near future.
He also shared that
Jordan perceives the
situation in Gaza as if it were unfolding on its own
borders, rather than on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, due to strategic
considerations.
He also stated that it
is essential to note that Jordan's stance towards Israel is not driven by
public relations or an attempt to appease the Jordanian public and evoke their
emotions. Instead, it is grounded in multiple strategic considerations.
Jordanian
Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi said last Wednesday that Jordan “rejects any talk
about post-war management of Gaza, through Arab or non-Arab forces.” This statement was followed by a report from
the Wall Street Journal which said Egypt had rejected a US proposal to manage
Gaza’s security temporarily.
According to the
newspaper, the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William
Burns, discussed the proposal with the Egyptian President,
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and his intelligence chief, Abbas Kamel.
The proposal comes,
according to the American newspaper, “so that the
Palestinian Authority can
assume full responsibility after the defeat of Hamas” in the current war
between Israel and the Palestinian movement.
But Sisi rejected the
proposal, saying that “Egypt will not play a role in eliminating Hamas because
it needs the armed group to help maintain security on the border,” according to
the Wall Street Journal.
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