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German chancellor speaks with Gantz about war in Gaza, Israel-Lebanon border skirmishes

By Reuters 29 December 2023, 8:45 pm Edit
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 14, 2023. (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 14, 2023. (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a phone call today with minister and war cabinet member Benny Gantz in which Scholz underscored the need to protect civilians and avoid regional conflict, the German federal government says in a statement.

Gantz informed the chancellor of the latest developments in Gaza and on Israel’s northern border, the statement says.

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