The king of Jordan has said that the movements of the Palestinians must be handled in Gaza and the West Bank,stressing that they cannot go to Jordan or Egypt.
Around 2.2 million people live in the Gaza Strip and half as Israel bombards the north in pursuit of Hamas targets.
King Abdullah,speaking alongside Germany’s Olaf Scholz in Berlin,said that pushing Palestinians into Egypt and Jordan should not happen and was a “red line.”
“No refugees in Jordan,no refugees in Egypt,this is a situation of humanitarian dimension that has to be dealt with inside Gaza and the West Bank and not to try and push the Palestinian challenge and their future onto other people’s shoulders.”
One-third of Jordan’s population are refugees.
King Abdullah said only a political solution could resolve the crisis.
“The whole region is at the brink of falling into the abyss that this new cycle of death and destruction is pushing us towards.
“Enough is enough,we cannot continue this cycle of violence every single year,unless there is a political horizon that brings Israelis and Palestinians together that then allows Israelis and Arabs to come together then this will be a cycle of violence that none of us can afford,” he said.
Israel has cut off fuel and food deliveries to the area but says it has restored water supplies,under pressure from the United States.
Aid agencies say the situation is untenable and that people are being forced to drink untreated water.