Eight Arab and Muslim Countries Denounce Israeli Violations as Rafah Reconstruction Pilot Quietly Begins

The foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt issued a joint statement expressing their 'strongest condemnation and denunciation' of ongoing Israeli violations in Gaza, singling out the targeting of healthcare facilities and medical infrastructure. Gaza's Government Media Office said Israeli forces had committed 4,091 ceasefire violations over the 300 days since the October 2025 truce, killing more than 1,254 and wounding 4,121 Palestinians. Separately, despite Prime Minister Netanyahu's public rejection of the Board of Peace's 15-point plan a day earlier, Israeli officials quietly began a pilot reconstruction project in Rafah, and Israel has largely paused major strikes on the Strip. Gaza's health system remained near collapse, with only about half of the territory's 36 hospitals even partially functional.