Egypt and Jordan will try to rally momentum for a ceasefire in Gaza and press to ease the humanitarian crisis there as their leaders meet Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba on Wednesday, a senior Egyptian official said. Abbas, Jordan’s King Abdullah and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will also affirm their opposition to any displacement of Palestinians from their lands, he said – a risk Egypt warns has grown as Israel’s all-out war against Hamas has driven most Gaza residents southward towards the Egyptian border.
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