Germany says civilian fatalities in renewed Gaza op ‘extremely worrying’

Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike at the surgical department of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 24, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike at the surgical department of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 24, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Germany says that civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip were “extremely worrying” as Israel’s military presses a renewed assault on Hamas in the Palestinian territory.

“It is now very clear that we must quickly return to negotiations and to the ceasefire that was in place,” foreign ministry spokesman Christian Wagner says in Berlin.

Israel renewed the operation in Gaza on Tuesday after an impasse over continuing a ceasefire.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that the ongoing offensive against Hamas was “expanding,” vowing that Israel would continue its strikes until the 59 hostages still held by terrorists in Gaza are released.

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