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Sunday, January 7, 2024
Visiting Israel, German FM calls for ‘less intensive’ IDF combat in Gaza
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (left) meets with Foreign Minister Israel Katz in Jerusalem on January 7, 2024. (Rafi Ben Hakoun/Foreign Ministry)
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urges Israel to ease its military campaign in Gaza and do more to protect civilians in the Strip.
“It is increasingly clear that the Israeli army must do more to protect civilians in Gaza. It must find ways to fight Hamas without harming large numbers of Palestinians,” she says.
“The suffering of many innocent people cannot go on like this. We need less intensive management of operations,” Baerbock says during a visit to Jerusalem.
Baerbock meets with her Israeli counterpart Israel Katz as well as with the families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, and says that Israel “can strongly count on our solidarity in the fight against the blind terror that seeks to wipe Israel off the map.”
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