Egypt’s al-Sisi, Jordan’s king condemn ‘collective punishment’ in Gaza

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II condemned the “collective punishment” of Palestinians in Gaza as they met in Cairo for talks on the Israel-Hamas war.

Ahead of the meeting, the Jordanian royal court said al-Sisi and King Abdullah would “discuss means to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza.”

In separate statements issued later, the Egyptian presidency and the royal court said the two leaders “affirmed their unified position rejecting the policy of collective punishment in the siege, starvation or displacement” of Palestinians.