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The ministers, meeting in the Jordanian capital to discuss Israeli escalation in Jerusalem and its holy sites, expressed their strongest denunciation of the targeting of healthcare facilities, civilian infrastructure and the resulting loss of life in Gaza. According to their statement, these actions represent a clear violation of Israel’s obligations under international law and the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict. The participants warned that the moves threaten to derail the political process, reignite violence and worsen the humanitarian situation following Palestinian acceptance of a roadmap announced by US President Donald Trump.
According to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, more than 850 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025, with thousands more injured amid persistent access restrictions.[[1]](https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ocha-humanitarian-situation-report-15-may-2026/) The World Health Organization has assessed that over 43,000 individuals suffer from life-changing injuries requiring rehabilitation that remains critically unavailable in the enclave. The foreign ministers emphasized in their Amman statement that the Gaza violations form part of a broader pattern including settler attacks and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank that undermines the two-state solution.
The joint statement called for immediate protection of civilians, medical staff and the unimpeded flow of humanitarian and medical aid as binding legal requirements. It renewed demands for the United Nations Security Council to take effective steps to enforce compliance with international humanitarian law and resolutions such as 2803, including accountability for violations. The ministers from the eight nations stressed these obligations must not be compromised under any pretext.
In the document, the participants rejected all attempts to annex occupied Palestinian land or displace its population, insisting that only a serious political process can deliver a just peace through the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as capital. The meeting, hosted by Jordan, involved a wider group of Arab and Islamic representatives coordinating against what they described as systematic Israeli policies. Jordan’s Foreign Ministry published the full statement outlining the consensus reached on August 5, 2026.[[2]](https://x.com/ForeignMinistry/status/2084970863493857495)
This position reflects longstanding regional consensus on the Palestinian issue, with similar joint declarations issued in previous years urging adherence to UN parameters for resolution. UN data places the cumulative death toll in Gaza from the broader conflict that began in 2023 at over 70,000 by early 2026.[[3]](https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-214-humanitarian-crisis-gaza-strip-and-occupied-west-bank) The statement also linked the situation in Gaza to tensions around Jerusalem’s holy sites that prompted the Amman gathering.
