The Gaza ceasefire that Israel has now so devastatingly shattered was only ever a political convenience for Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu: the incoming US president wanted it before taking office, and the Israeli prime minister obliged.

Tens of thousands of Jordanians across the kingdom battled cold and rain after Friday prayers to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s shocking declaration that the US would “take over” and “own” Gaza, while displacing more than 2 million Palestinians who live there.