Jordan’s foreign minister Ayman Safadi said he did not understand how Israel’s goal of obliterating the Palestinian group Hamas it is fighting in Gaza could be achieved, Reuters reports.

“Israel says it wants to wipe out Hamas. There’s a lot of military people here, I just don’t understand how this objective can be realized,” he said.

He warned Jordan would do “whatever it takes to stop” the displacement of Palestinians, amid heavy Israeli bombardment of Gaza since Oct 7.

“This war is not taking us anywhere but towards more conflict, more suffering and the threat of expanding into regional wars,” Safadi said.

 Jordanian Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (R) and US National Security Council Coordinator for the MENA Brett McGurk, engage in a conversation in Manama on Nov 18, 2023. — AFP
Jordanian Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (R) and US National Security Council Coordinator for the MENA Brett McGurk, engage in a conversation in Manama on Nov 18, 2023. — AFP

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