King Abdullah II says Jordan will help train Palestinian security forces

King Abdullah II, in an interview with BBC Panorama, said that Jordan would not send its forces into the Gaza Strip as Jordan is “too close politically”.

The King said countries would reject “enforcing” peace in Gaza if deployed under the Trump-brokered ceasefire deal between ‘Israel’ and Hamas, rather favouring a "peacekeeping role".

"What is the mandate of security forces inside of Gaza? And we hope that it is peacekeeping, because if it's peace enforcing, nobody will want to touch that," King Abdullah told the BBC.

According to Trump’s plan, Arab states and international partners will commit to "will train and provide support to vetted Palestinian police forces in Gaza, and will consult with Jordan and Egypt who have extensive experience in this field."

King Abdullah said that Jordan and Egypt are willing to train Palestinian security forces.

"Peacekeeping is that you're sitting there supporting the local police force, the Palestinians, which Jordan and Egypt are willing to train in large numbers, but that takes time. If we're running around Gaza on patrol with weapons, that's not a situation that any country would like to get involved in."

When asked if he trusts Hamas to give up any political role in Gaza, King Abdullah said: "I don't know them, but those that are working extremely close to them - Qatar and Egypt - feel very, very optimistic that they will abide by that.

"If we don't solve this problem, if we don't find a future for Israelis and Palestinians and a relationship between the Arab and Muslim world and Israel, we're doomed."

Jordan has deployed its armed forces to consistently send aid into the Gaza Strip throughout the two-year ‘Israeli’ assault, carrying out a massive number of aid airdrops over the devastated territory.

King Abdullah himself participated in three airdrop missions.

"Looking over the back ramp was just shocking…The devastation of that part of Gaza was just a shock to me.

"I've seen it myself, and how we, as the international community, are allowing this to happen is mind-boggling."