Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia condemn Israeli operations in north Gaza hospital

Arab states rush to condemn Israeli operations in a north Gaza hospital after Hamas-run health officials claimed troops stormed the facility and set fire to it.

The IDF has denied what it called “unsubstantiated reports.”

Jordan’s foreign ministry says Amman “condemns in the strongest terms the burning of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip by the Israeli occupation forces, and forcing patients and medical staff to evacuate it.”

The statement adds that the reported Israeli military actions come ” in a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law.”

A statement from the United Arab Emirates foreign ministry echoes the Jordanian statement, stressing Abu Dhabi’s “categorical rejection of this heinous act that violates international humanitarian law, and the systematic and reprehensible destruction of the remaining health system in the Strip.”

Saudi Arabia also issues a statement decrying the Israeli operations and claiming they violate “international law, international humanitarian law, and the most basic humanitarian and ethical standards.”

Earlier this evening, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani denied Hamas claims that Israeli troops stormed and set fire to the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza and said that a preliminary investigation found “no connection” between military activity and the fire.