The meeting was scheduled to be attended by Jordanian King Abdullah II, US President Joe Biden, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi announced the cancellation of the summit. The Jordanian Foreign Minister said, reported by Al Jazeera, “There is no point in talking now about anything except how to stop the war.”
Reuters reported that after receiving information about the cancellation of the Amman summit, Biden consulted with King Abdullah II and canceled his visit to Jordan, where he was supposed to go from Israel.
Bombing of a hospital in Gaza. Huge number of victims. Abbas cancels his meeting with Biden
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared three days of mourning after the “hospital massacre” in Gaza, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that at least 500 people were killed on Tuesday in a hospital explosion in Gaza, the result – according to the ministry – of an Israeli air attack.
Reuters reported that due to the attack on the hospital, Mahmoud Abbas canceled his meeting with Joe Biden scheduled for Wednesday.
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