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Jordan King Urges 'Lasting' Gaza Ceasefire In Talks With Biden

Jordan's King Abdullah II appealed for a full ceasefire to end the war in Gaza after talks with Joe Biden, striking a discordant note with the US president who is seeking a shorter six-week pause to allow Israel time to defeat Hamas.

International Business Times

Middle East crisis: international concern grows over looming Rafah offensive as death toll from airstrike reportedly rises – as it happened

Pressure grows on Israel to avoid what UN human rights chief called ‘further atrocity crimes’ as reports say 74 people were killed in Rafah airstrikes

The Guardian - AU

King Abdullah of Jordan warns of catastrophic ramifications if war in Gaza continues

King says a generation of orphans has been created by Israel’s bombing of the territory in its war against Hamas, as he calls for an immediate ceasefire

The Independent UK

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Gaza War Rages Into Fourth Month As Blinken Tours Middle East

The Israel-Hamas war raging in Gaza entered its fourth month on Sunday as the army again pounded the besieged Palestinian territory and US top diplomat Antony Blinken was back in the region seeking to avoid a wider escalation.

International Business Times

Blinken meets Jordanian and Qatari leaders in push to keep Gaza war from spreading

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Arab partners as he pressed ahead with an urgent Middle East diplomatic mission to prevent Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza from spreading.

WEKU

Jordan, Israel announce airdrop of urgent medical aid to Gaza hospital

Jordan’s King Abdullah II says it is ‘our duty to aid our brothers and sisters injured in the war on Gaza’.

Al Jazeera

Live updates | Israeli warplanes hit refugee camps in Gaza while UN agencies call siege an 'outrage'

Health officials say Israeli airstrikes have hit two refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing scores of people

The Independent UK

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Gaza ceasefire becomes 'more urgent with every passing hour', says UN chief Guterres

In a televised address on Monday, UN chief Antonio Guterres said a ceasefire becomes “more urgent with every passing hour” as Israeli forces pounded the Hamas-held Gaza Strip after encircling the enclave's main city on Sunday. Hamas militants fired 16 rockets from Lebanon towards northern Israel, the Palestinian group's armed…

France 24

Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah discuss ‘shared commitment’ to increase Gaza aid

Critical to ensure that Palestinians were not forcibly displaced from Gaza, White House says

The Independent UK

France to send naval 'support' for Gaza hospitals, following crisis talks in Egypt

French President Emmanuel Macron was in Cairo this Wednesday for talks on the Israel-Hamas conflict with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, where humanitarian relief and medical support for the Gaza strip topped the agenda.

Radio France Internationale

Macron continues diplomatic drive in Jordan, Egypt as relief operations collapse in Gaza

French president Emmanuel Macron is due in Egypt, after holding talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman. This, as the United Nations says that it will stop releif work in Gaza by the end of the day due to lack of fuel.

Radio France Internationale

Who Is—and Isn't—Ready To Change Their Minds About the Gaza Hospital Blast?

The limits of "we just don't believe you" as a news-consuming habit

Reason

Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 14

Israeli defence minister tells troops they will soon see Palestinian territory ‘from the inside’; hopes for aid to enter Gaza in coming days

The Guardian - AU

Protests erupt across the Middle East after strike on Gaza hospital kills hundreds

Within hours after a blast was said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighboring Jordan, venting fury at their leaders for failing to stop the carnage.

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The Independent UK

Gaza carnage spreads anger across Mideast, alarming US allies and threatening to widen conflict

Within hours of a blast said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighboring Jordan

Al Jazeera

What has been US President Biden’s stance on Israel-Gaza war so far?

Biden’s rhetoric has been mainly focused at unequivocally backing Israel and condemning Hamas.

The Independent UK

Biden lands in Israel for high-stakes meeting with Netanyahu after hospital explosion

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on board the presidential aircraft that Mr Biden’s itinerary in Israel would be ‘confined to Tel Aviv’

The Independent UK

Live updates | Intense Israeli bombardments strike Gaza as the war rages on

Hamas says hundreds have been killed in an airstrike on Gaza City hospital, after intensifying bombardments near towns in southern Gaza rattled civilians where Israel ordered them to take refuge

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Al Jazeera

Why has Jordan cancelled Biden visit after bombing of Gaza hospital?

Jordan has long had a complex working relationship with Israel. But the crisis in Gaza is stressing it.

The Hindu

Biden leaves for Israel, scraps Jordan visit after summit with Palestine, Egypt leaders cancelled

U.S. President Joe Biden, on October 18, left the White House for a quick trip to Israel to show solidarity with the people of the country in the aftermath of the terrorist attack by Hamas.

France 24

Israel to allow aid into Gaza via Egypt border crossing

Israel will allow essential humanitarian supplies of food, water and medicine to enter Gaza through its border with Egypt at the request of US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday. Biden, who arrived in Israel early on Wednesday, has said data provided by the US…

Zenger

Jordanian King At UNGA: Palestinians Deprived Of Right To ‘fulfill Their Own National Identity’

The region will keep suffering until the world helps lift the shadow of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in Middle East

The Independent UK

Jordan rejects US request to release ex-Jordanian official accused of plot against king

Jordan rejected a U.S. request to release a former top Jordanian official imprisoned in an alleged plot against the Western-allied monarchy in September, the official's lawyer and family say

TechRadar

Free speech under siege in Jordan as king approves "draconian" new cybercrime law

The law "will strongly undermine digital rights," says human rights advocates. Here's what's at stake for people in Jordan as the new law will be soon enforced.

Al Jazeera

Jordan’s king approves ‘draconian’ cybercrime law

Fourteen rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, previously said in a joint statement the law is ‘draconian’.

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