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Germany says it’s set to ‘increase pressure’ on Israel if no progress made on Gaza hunger crisis
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Illustrative: Palestinians carry sacks of flour near Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on July 27, 2025, after trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered into northern Gaza. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
Germany says it is prepared to take steps to pressure Israel over the soaring hunger in Gaza, without elaborating.
“The chancellor was very clear in the phone conversation with the Israeli prime minister… that the federal government is prepared to increase the pressure if progress is not made,” a German government spokesperson says, referring to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday.
“In principle we are prepared to take further steps, which is also the purpose of this afternoon’s security meeting,” he says, referring to a meeting of the German security cabinet.
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