2023-10-17 21:36:46
While he was due to leave the Israeli capital, Olaf Scholz and the German delegation evacuated from their plane following a rocket alert, report several media, including Der Spiegel.
Tension in the Israeli capital. 11 days following the start of the war between Hamas and Israel, Olaf Scholz went to Tel Aviv to express his solidarity with the Jewish state. While he was due to leave this Tuesday evening, the German Chancellor and members of his delegation had to evacuate their plane, due to a rocket alert, several media report, dont The Mirror.
Earlier today, Olaf Scholz spoke at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“In the same way that the world united to defeat the Nazis (…), the world must stand united alongside Israel to defeat Hamas,” the Israeli official said.
Discussion around “better access for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip”
“The barbarity that we have witnessed, perpetrated by the Hamas murderers leaving Gaza, is the worst crime committed once morest the Jews since the Holocaust,” Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The German Chancellor considered that the “glorification and celebration of violence is inhumane and detestable”.
“Unlike Hamas, which wants to use the citizens of Gaza as human shields, our concern extends to them as well,” he added, saying “we want to protect civilians and avoid civilian casualties.”
In the evening in a post on X, Olaf Scholz insisted that Israel has the “right to defend itself” and that a state “has the duty to protect its citizens”.
More than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel since October 7, most of them civilians killed on the day of the attack, the deadliest since the creation of the State of Israel.
The German government “will continue its humanitarian efforts to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population,” Olaf Scholz also said, adding that he had discussed with Benjamin Netanyahu the possibility of “better access for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.”
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