The Jordanian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said it was seeking an “immediate halt” to violence in Palestine after Israeli strikes killed 13 people in Gaza.
“Jordan is continuing to communicate and taking action for an immediate halt to this dangerous escalation,” said spokesman Sinan Majali.
He said an international effort must be made to “to stop this aggression and provide protection for the Palestinian people in Gaza and in all the occupied Palestinian territory”.
Israel said three commanders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant group supported by Iran and Syria, were killed in overnight air strikes.
The group said three of its commanders were killed in the attack, along with their wives and some of their children. Palestinian health officials put the death toll at 13.
Jordan has close ties with the Palestinian Authority, which was ousted from Gaza in 2006 by Hamas, another Palestinian militant movement supported by Iran. Jordan has open communication channels with Hamas, although the group's leadership was expelled from Jordan in the late 1990s.
A large proportion of the kingdom's 10 million population are of Palestinian origin and Jordanian officials have repeatedly warned against more Israeli suppression of the Palestinians, signalling that another wave of refugees into Jordan would affect its stability.
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A structure in Ashkelon, Israel destroyed by a rocket fired on Wednesday from the Gaza Strip. AP -
Palestinians survey the damage of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters -
A car in Ashkelon damaged by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants. AP -
Damage from an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters -
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip. AP -
Damage from an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. Reuters -
Israeli security forces cordon off a neighbourhood in Ashkelon hit by a rocket. AFP -
A demonstration in support of the Gaza Strip near the Israeli Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv. AFP -
Israel's Iron Dome defence system intercepts rockets in Ashkelon. AFP -
The father of Palestinian girl Lianne Mdoukh, who was killed in Israel-Gaza fighting, carries her body during the funeral in Gaza. Reuters -
Smoke rises over the Gaza Strip following an Israeli air strike. AP -
Palestinians inspect a house damaged in an Israeli strike. Reuters -
Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip. AFP -
Rockets are fired from Gaza into Israel. Reuters -
A rocket from Israel's Iron Dome defence system. AFP -
Palestinians mourn for a man killed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. AP -
A building damaged in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip. AFP -
Rescuers pick through debris in the aftermath of the strikes. Reuters -
Children survey the damage. Reuters -
An Israeli drone flies over Khan Younis after the attack against members of militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Reuters -
A woman looks out from her damaged building. AFP -
A members of the Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, secures the Gaza Strip area of Rafah. AP -
Fire burns at a Gaza city apartment. AP -
Men mourn outside Al Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip. AFP -
Palestinians inspect damage to their home. AP -
Relatives of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Jihad Ghannam, who was killed in the strikes, mourn at Al Najjar hospital in the Rafah refugee camp. AFP -
Fires burn soon after the pre-dawn strikes. Reuters
