Jordan, Egypt Don’t Accept Gaza Refugees; 1 Million Face Uncertainty

By Worthy News’ George Whitten and Stefan J. Bos

AMMAN/GAZA (Worthy News) – Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians faced an uncertain future Wednesday in wartorn Gaza after Jordan’s king Jordan told them they weren’t welcome in Jordan or Egypt.

Southern Gaza’s Khan Younis and Rafah communities have been overwhelmed by the need to accommodate and feed more than 600,000 who left their homes as Israel steps up its attack against Hamas militants.

Another 400,000 people have sought shelter elsewhere in the Gaza Strip but many need humanitarian aid, authorities say. However, neighboring Egypt and Jordan don’t want to open their borders to them. Jordanian King Abdullah II clarified that both countries refuse to help Israel change realities on the ground.

It comes after Israel urged some 1.1 million people in the Palestinian enclave to move south ahead of more military actions against Hamas, the Palestinian militant group responsible for killing some 1,400 people in Israel since October 7.

In footage obtained by Worthy News, the king said: “That is a redline….No refugees in Jordan. No refugees in Egypt.”

He spoke in Berlin after meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who on Tuesday was to travel to Israel, a nation still reeling from the worst atrocities against Jews since the Holocaust, also known as the Shoah.

Scholz warned against an escalation at a time when Israel’s military carries out retaliatory strikes after the Hamas massacres and kidnapping of at least some 200 people in Israel.

DIRE SITUATION

Abdullah warned of a dire situation in the Middle East if the war between Israel and Hamas is allowed to spread to other countries. He referenced Lebanon, where Hezbollah fighters launched rockets at Israel and expressed support for Hamas.

Both groups are supported by Iran, which has warned the United States not to back Israel in its war against militants.

However, “I once again expressly warn Hezbollah and Iran not to intervene in this conflict,” Scholz said of the Lebanese terror group whose fighters have repeatedly clashed with Israel on the border in recent days.

The German leader will be among the first heads of government to visit the Jewish nation since Hamas launched the bloodiest terror onslaught in Israel’s 75-year history last week.

“The whole region is on the brink of falling into the abyss,” the king of Jordan noticed.

“All our efforts are needed to make sure we don’t get there.”

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