Both Jordan's King Abdullah and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, along with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, affirmed in the Aqaba Summit statement the commitment to "confront plans to evacuate Palestinians." The statement issued from the summit warned against establishing safe zones in Gaza and emphasized the necessity for residents to return to their homes. The Egyptian presidency noted that the summit rejected any attempts to separate the paths between Gaza and the West Bank, as well as any efforts or proposals aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.
It was stated that "the Egyptian president said that providing more assistance to the Palestinians in Gaza requires a decisive stance from the international community to push for a ceasefire." Additionally, King Abdullah and el-Sisi stressed at the conclusion of the Arab summit in Aqaba the "need to increase pressure to end the Israeli aggression on Gaza and protect civilians there."
A senior Egyptian official mentioned that "Egypt and Jordan are trying to rally support to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and to pressure for easing the humanitarian crisis there during a meeting of the two countries' leaders with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba today." He added that "Abbas, King Abdullah, and el-Sisi also reaffirm their opposition to any relocation of Palestinians from their lands, which is a danger that Egypt warns may escalate due to the comprehensive Israeli war against the Islamic Resistance Movement 'Hamas' pushing most of Gaza's population south towards the Egyptian border." For his part, a Jordanian official indicated that "Arabs are telling the Americans that the priority now is to reach a ceasefire and to pressure Israel to allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza and alleviate the congestion near Rafah, which is a concern for both the Egyptians and Jordanians."
