Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 259th day, has killed at least 37,431 Palestinians — mostly women, children and infants –– and wounded 85,653, with 10,000+ feared buried under the debris of bombed homes and more than 9,500 abducted by Tel Aviv.Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment on the village of Khiam in south Lebanon near the border with Israel on June 8, 2024.
The meeting came after the Israeli army said that it approved operational plans for an offensive against Lebanon's Hezbollah group which has sent both surveillance and attack drones into Israel in the last eight months, as it exchanges fire with the Israeli occupation forces in parallel with Tel Aviv's genocidal war on Gaza.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi made the remarks during a phone call with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, according to a statement by the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. "Those comments were deeply disappointing and certainly vexing to us, given the amount of support that we have and will continue to provide," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told journalists.
The announcement comes a day after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned the administration against allowing Israel to use its bases in the event of a wider war.