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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
German FM says she is ‘concerned’ about looming IDF operation in Rafah
German Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock attends a meeting with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh (not pictured) in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (Ammar Awad /Pool Photo via AP)
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says she is very concerned about Israel’s announcement that it is planning a large military offensive in Rafah.
“I am especially concerned about the announcement by the Israeli government of a large ground military operation in Rafah,” she says at a news conference with the Palestinian foreign minister in Berlin. “Of course, it is completely clear that also in Rafah, there is an unbelievably large net of [the] Hamas terrorist organization,” she says, adding that Israel has a right to defend itself from terrorism.
