Jordan's King Abdullah urges international NGOs to pressure Israel to allow more aid into Gaza

Jordan's King Abdullah II called on UN officials and international NGOs to put pressure on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza as the humanitarian situation continues to worsen, according to sources. 

Jordanian officials and aid workers with knowledge of the conversation told Reuters that the king called an emergency meeting in Amman with UN officials, heads of NGOs and representatives of various Arab states. 

"The monarch urged the international aid community to do their bit and save Gazans who have endured a brutal war that has turned their land into an unliveable place," said one delegate, who requested anonymity as the conversations took place confidentially.