Jordan, a key US ally, recalls its ambassador from Israel in protest of war in Gaza

Jordan, a key US ally, said on Wednesday it has recalled its ambassador from Israel and told Israel's ambassador to remain out of the country in protest over the “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza.

Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister, Ayman al-Safadi, who is also the foreign minister, said the return of the ambassadors is linked to Israel “stopping its war on Gaza … and the humanitarian catastrophe it is causing.” Jordan signed a peace deal with Israel in 1994, the second Arab country after Egypt to do so.