Jordanian King Abdullah II stated, today, Wednesday, during his meeting with a delegation of members of the US Congress, that settler attacks against Palestinians and violations of Islamic and Christian sanctities in Jerusalem will lead to fueling violence.

The Jordanian News Agency, Petra, reported this evening, Wednesday, that the Jordanian King’s statements came during his meeting with a delegation of members of the US Congress, during which he warned of developments in the situation in the West Bank.

The meeting discussed efforts to reach a comprehensive truce in the region, and ways to strengthen the strategic partnership between Jordan and the United States of America, as King Abdullah II stressed that “reaching an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is the immediate step that must be taken to stop the cycle of violence.” In the region."

The Jordanian King stressed that the region cannot remain a hostage to the policies of extremism and escalation practiced by the Israeli government, calling for the American administration to play a more active role in pushing to stop the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, and to find a political horizon to achieve a just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution. .

The Palestinian Ministry of Health had confirmed, earlier today, Wednesday, that “11 Palestinians were martyred during the Israeli army’s storming of the northern West Bank, 6 of them in Jenin and 5 in Tubas.”

While the Israeli army announced, earlier today, the start of a large-scale military operation in both Jenin and Tulkarm in the West Bank in Palestine, the Israeli army said, in a statement via its account on the “X” platform: “The security forces have now begun A counter-terrorism operation in Jenin and Tulkarm, within the Manashe Division area.

Earlier today, a Sputnik correspondent, quoting a local Palestinian source, reported that “the sound of heavy gunfire was heard in the Jenin camp, after Israeli special units were discovered near the entrance to the camp.”

The source said, “As a result, large forces from the occupation army stormed the city of Jenin from the Jalameh checkpoint and opened fire,” adding that “sirens were sounded inside and around the camp, while clashes took place between Palestinian resistance fighters and the occupation forces.”

Since Operation "Al-Aqsa Flood", Israel has escalated its attacks in the West Bank, resulting in the killing of more than 635 Palestinians and the arrest of more than 10,000 others.