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Friday, August 1, 2025
Visiting German FM meets families of 7 German-Israeli hostages held by Hamas
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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul met this morning with the families of seven German-Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, according to the German Embassy in Tel Aviv, where the meeting took place.
“The terrorist organization Hamas is still holding hostages and is unwilling to release them – despite all efforts at negotiations,” the embassy writes in a post on social media.
“We are thinking of Rom Braslavski, Tamir Adar, Gali and Ziv Berman, Itay Chen, Tamir Nimrodi, and Alon Ohel, who have been held captive in Gaza for 665 days,” the statement adds.
According to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, Wadephul expressed “Germany’s commitment to the release of all the hostages,” regardless of the Palestinian state issue.
Wadephul has not yet commented on the meeting, which comes a day after he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the growing number of countries announcing their intent to recognize a Palestinian state.
Wadephul is expected to hold meetings in the West Bank later today before returning to Germany.
Hostage families with German citizenship met with the German Foreign Minister @AussenMinDE at the German Embassy.
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stated Germany’s commitment to the release of all hostages, decoupled and a pre requisite from the Palestinian state issue.
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