
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrives in Jordan on an official visit to participate in the « Emergency Humanitarian Response to Gaza » conference. (Credit: NNA)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Jordan on Monday, on an official visit to participate in the « Emergency Humanitarian Response to Gaza » conference, set to start on Tuesday at the King Hussein bin Talal Convention Center near the Dead Sea.
The conference, announced by Jordan in late May, is aimed at strengthening the international community’s response to the humanitarian disaster in the besieged Gaza Strip, devastated by eight months of relentless warfare. It’s being hosted jointly by King Abdullah II of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassin are also in attendance.
Upon his arrival at Amman airport, Mikati was received by Ibrahim el-Jazi, the Minister of State for Prime Ministerial Affairs of Jordan, Youssef el-Shawarba, the Mayor of Amman, Yasser el-Adwan, the Governor of the capital, and Youssef Emil Raji, the Lebanese Ambassador to Jordan.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 37,124 Palestinians, primarily civilians, since Oct. 7, according to data from Gaza’s Health Ministry. A parallel war between Hezbollah and Israel along the southern Lebanese border since Oct. 8 has resulted in almost 450 deaths in Lebanon, the majority Hezbollah fighters, and the displacement of more than 93,000 residents from the south.