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German chancellor calls for hostage deal with ‘longer-lasting ceasefire’
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, before a press conference in Jerusalem, March 17, 2024. (GPO)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for a deal to free hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since October 7 accompanied by a “longer-lasting ceasefire.”
“We need a hostage deal with a longer-lasting ceasefire… We understand the hostage families who say after more than five months, ‘The time has come for a comprehensive hostage deal for saving those who are still captive,'” Scholz says at a joint press appearance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
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