From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 18, 2023
German education officials tour Gaza border towns attacked on October 7
Gavriel Fiske is a reporter at The Times of Israel
A delegation of education officials from Germany tours southern Israeli communities affected by the October 7 Hamas terror assault.
The delegation is led by German Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger and includes high-ranking administrators and education officials from several German states.
The group tours Kibbutz Kfar Aza, and meets with families of hostages from Kibbutz Be’eri. The delegation is also due to visit Yad Vashem and a temporary school for evacuated students at the Bible Lands Museum, both in Jerusalem.
The visit has “enormous significance at this time… Their visit conveys a clear message of support for Israel’s just war against the murderous terrorist organization Hamas,” Education Minister Yoav Kisch says in a statement.
