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Jordanian UN envoy: 'Israel just launched a ground war on Gaza'
27 October 2023 20:05 BST
Ayman Safadi, Jordan’s minister of foreign affairs, has said that Israel has launched a ground war on Gaza and would result in a “human catastrophe”.
“Israel just launched a ground war on Gaza. Outcome will be a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions for years to come,” he wrote on X.
“Voting against Arab #UNGA resolution means approving this senseless war, this senseless killing. Millions will be watching every vote. History will judge.”
Jordan, on behalf of several Arab countries, has put forward a resolution to the 193-member UN General Assembly, calling for a humanitarian ceasefire, after a similar resolution put forward by Russia at the UN Security Council failed to pass.