By Manal Abdel Fattah
The Arab Republic of Egypt condemned in the strongest terms, in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the terrorist attack on a site in Jordan located on the border with Syria, which resulted in the death of 3 American soldiers and the injury of a number of members of the American forces present at this site.
Egypt affirmed its strong condemnation of any terrorist acts that threaten the security and stability of the sisterly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Egypt also expressed its full solidarity with Jordan in this delicate circumstance, expressing at the same time its sincere condolences to the United States of America and the families of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured.
Egypt stressed the necessity of confronting all forms of terrorism and rejecting all forms of violence in order to ensure stability in the region.
In another context, the Arab Republic of Egypt welcomed, in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the decision of the International Court of Justice to have primary jurisdiction to look into Israel’s commission of the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip, and demanded the implementation of a number of immediate temporary measures aimed at providing protection for the Palestinians, the most important of which is that Israel stop committing Crimes of killing Palestinians and causing physical or moral harm to them, or subjecting them to living conditions aimed at their physical destruction, in addition to the court’s demand that Israel ensure the immediate provision of urgent humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip.
The Arab Republic of Egypt stressed that it was looking forward to the International Court of Justice requesting an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as the Court ruled in similar cases, as the main guarantee for the implementation of the necessary and emergency measures it approved to protect Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. She stressed the need to respect and implement the decisions of the International Court of Justice as the main judicial body of the United Nations.
The Arab Republic of Egypt also called on Israel to immediately implement all measures contained in the decision of the International Court of Justice, which represents the beginning of the path to enforcing the rules of international law and international humanitarian law regarding providing protection to the Palestinian people, and putting an end to the attacks and violations practiced against them, which claimed the lives of more than 26,000 people. of innocent civilians, two-thirds of whom are women and children, reiterating its call to the Security Council and influential international parties to bear responsibility for explicitly demanding a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire.
Egypt stressed the continuation of movements and communications in cooperation with United Nations agencies and international and regional parties, in order to end the crisis, prevent any measures targeting the forced displacement of Palestinians, and ensure the entry of urgent humanitarian and relief aid into the Strip in a manner sufficient to meet the needs of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
