Netanyahu jeopardising ceasefire by bombing Rafah, Jordan's foreign minister says

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is jeopardising a ceasefire deal by bombing Rafah.

"Tremendous effort has been made to produce an exchange deal that'll release hostages & realize a ceasefire. Hamas has put out an offer. If Netanyahu genuinely wants a deal, he will negotiate the offer in earnest. Instead, he is jeopardizing the deal by bombing Rafah," Safadi said on social media platform X.

Also on Monday, US President Joe Biden hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II in the White House for a pre-planned meeting before Hamas announced it had accepted Qatar and Egypt's ceasefire proposal.