Amman: His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to host a summit in Aqaba on Wednesday with Egypt President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the dangerous developments in Gaza and the situation in the West Bank.
The summit will be held within the framework of Jordan’s efforts to coordinate Arab positions to push for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and ensure the uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Occupied Jerusalem: Top officials of the Israeli army warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of the war cabinet on Tuesday that the West Bank is on the verge of an explosion amid escalating military campaigns across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israel’s Channel 12 television reported Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy and senior officers made clear and direct warnings to the war cabinet hat the West Bank is on the brink of an explosion, and that tensions could end up with “a third intifada (uprising).”
They cautioned that Israel “is going down a slippery slope that might lead to imminent escalation in West Bank cities and open up a new front Israel would have to deal with.”
The channel pointed to stepped up military operations across the West Bank and a surge in incursions, raids, arrests and assassinations, which coincided with the ongoing war on Gaza that began on October 7.
The top brass of the army attributed West Bank tensions to rising anger due to unemployment and worsening economic
conditions amid a ban on Palestinian labour in Israel.
The channel said the Shabak security service shared the fears of security officials and they had issued similar warnings to the military.
The situation reached the boiling point that might trigger widespread violence, said top figures in the military establishment, urging Netanyahu to devote discussion to this matter and take decisions to rein in the volatile situation in the West Bank.
The television station said officials in the administration of US President Joe Biden shared these fears and were exercising pressure on Tel Aviv to reduce tensions in the West Bank, but Netanyahu refrains from any such action for his own political considerations and the pressure on him by far-right coalition partners.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who arrived in Israel Monday night, will try to convince Netanyahu that Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich releases withheld Palestinian tax money to the Palestinian Authority, sources said.
Source: Jordan News Age
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Amman: A joint special force comprising the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) – Arab Army, and security agencies raided early Tuesday the hideouts of several drug dealers and smugglers close to the Eastern Military Zone border and apprehended seven individuals who were wanted for their involvement with drug dealers and smuggling gangs.
This operation was a follow-up to the findings of the investigation with the gang of 15 smugglers who were apprehended during the special operation carried out by the armed forces last Saturday, according to an official military source in JAF General Command.
This operation was carried out by a special unit of the armed forces in a timely manner to save time and prevent smugglers from entering residential areas.
The source confirmed that this operation is part of the ongoing efforts by JAF and security agencies and that JAF will continue to leverage all available capabilities to strike with an iron fist anyone who threatens Jordanian national security.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Petra: Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah Tuesday visited the Wadi Musa town Ma’an and met the founders and beneficiaries of local economic empowerment programmes and a group of youth spearheading local initiatives.
According to a statement from the Queen’s office, Queen Rania met with Yousef Falahat, the founder of Thakafat, which creates financial empowerment opportunities for community members by connecting them with tourists seeking an “authentic” Jordanian experience.
Thakafat’s projects, the majority of which are women-led, allow tourists to learn more about the area and its people by partaking in experiences including cooking, craft making and spending time with locals.
A member of Thakafat’s team, Anmar Jbour, told the Queen about the inspiration behind the initiative and shared their plans to operate in As-Salt and Madaba. Others shared details about how they launched their initiatives.
Her Majesty then stopped by Esraa Kitchen, a Thakafat project that introduces tourists to Jordanian cuisine by
allowing them to sample local food and participate in its preparation.
The kitchen, which provides part-time work opportunities to local women, has welcomed over 4,200 visitors from 32 countries to date.
Queen Rania visited the Nabataean Ladies Cooperative in Wadi Musa, where board members and president Fawziyeh Hasanat gave the Queen a tour of the showroom and silver jewellery-making workshop.
Established in 1999, the cooperative aims to revive the art of Bedouin silver making, provide a “unique” tourist experience and offer jobs for local women.
The cooperative had previously received a financial grant from a programme run by the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) and funded by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation.
The grant supported the cooperative in purchasing machinery and raw materials required for making silver jewellery and helped train 26 people in the craft.
The Queen visited Abu Elias Restaurant, which serves traditional Jordanian dishes, to meet with youth from across Ma’an wo
rking on creating and expanding their community empowerment projects.
Their initiatives range from projects in the arts, environmental awareness, translation and typing, chocolate making and moulding to volunteer work with families in need, including delivering assistance packages and housing renovations.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Amman: Crews and staff members of the Jordanian Field Hospital Gaza/77 have arrived on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip and are already carrying out their humanitarian and medical duties by providing support and aid to families and brothers of the Strip.
Six vehicles filled with medical and therapeutic supplies joined the medical teams. The crews started making the necessary arrangements as soon as they arrived in order to perform their responsibilities and jobs as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Numerous medical specialties are offered by the hospital, and they are all maintained by highly skilled, trained staff.
Crews of the Jordanian field hospital, Gaza/76, returned home after concluding their duty, while the crews of Gaza/77 received their assignment.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Moscow, Two men and a woman received shrapnel wounds during shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
‘Our air defense system was activated over Belgorod and the Belgorod region. 10 air targets were shot down on approach to the city. Operational services are clarifying information about the consequences on the ground. According to preliminary data, there are three victims – a woman with shrapnel wounds to her back, a man with shrapnel wounds to his chest and back, forearm, another man has a shrapnel wound to the chest and upper limb. Ambulance teams are taking the wounded to the hospital, all necessary medical care is provided,’ Gladkov was quoted by Tass as saying on his Telegram channel.
According to the governor, windows in apartments were broken in two apartment buildings in Belgorod. Windows in one private household were also broken. Three cars were damaged by shrapnel.
Source:Syrian Arab News Agency
