King Abdullah II Stresses Palestinian Rights and Warns of Regional Threats Amid Deadly Attack in Jordan

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, King Abdullah II of Jordan declared in recent remarks that terrorists have no place in the kingdom and that no threats to national security will be tolerated. He further emphasized that sustainable stability and security in the broader region cannot be achieved until the legitimate rights of the Palestinian nation are fully realized within their historical land, designating the expansionist agendas of the Israeli regime as the gravest danger facing the future of the region and its peoples.
In a separate and alarming development on Friday, October 23, 2026, armed assailants launched an attack on a funeral procession at a church in the village of Hammoud, located in Jordan’s southern Karak Governorate. According to local reports, two gunmen stepped out of a vehicle and opened fire indiscriminately on the mourners, resulting in a tragic toll of nine fatalities and forty injuries.
