Last updated: 15.01.2024, 06:25 a.m.
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There has been war in the Gaza Strip for more than 100 days. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has now called for a permanent ceasefire. © Lukas Coch/AAP/dpa
There has been war in the Gaza Strip for more than 100 days. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has now called for a permanent ceasefire.
Canberra - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza war. "Australia wants to see steps towards a sustainable ceasefire," Wong said before departing for a trip to Israel and Jordan, the West Bank and the United Arab Emirates. A ceasefire must never be "unilateral," she added, according to the Australian news agency AAP.
Wong also called for safe, unhindered and sustainable humanitarian access and better protection of civilians in the Gaza Strip. She also wants to use the trip to the region to work for a way out of the current conflict and a lasting peace in the form of a two-state solution.
During her visit to Israel, Wong also plans to meet relatives of the hostages and survivors of the massacre committed by terrorists from the Islamist Hamas and other extremist groups in Israel on October 7, 2023. The raid was the trigger for the war. Dpa