The drop in German humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip/Reuters
German Chancellor Olaf Schulz will take off today (Saturday) for a two-day visit to the Middle East, and will hold meetings in Jordan and Israel.
Schultz will meet with King Abdullah of Jordan in Amman tomorrow, and later he will come to Israel and meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ahead of his departure for the region, Schultz called for a significant increase in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, with his country joining the international airdrop operation in the Gaza Strip in the background.
The aid packages dropped by Germany and France in the Gaza Strip/Reuters
The aid packages dropped by Germany and France in the Gaza Strip/Reuters
"The aid needs to reach Gaza on a larger scale," Schultz said in a statement to the media before leaving for the diplomatic visit, noting that this will be one of the issues he will discuss in his talks with Abdullah and Netanyahu.
He also expressed concern about an Israeli military operation being planned in Rafah, after last night Netanyahu announced that he had approved "operational plans" for such an operation.
"There is a danger that a comprehensive attack in Rafah will lead to a terrible amount of civilian casualties, and this is something that must not be allowed," Schultz added.
"The aid needs to reach Gaza on a larger scale."
German Chancellor Olaf Schulz/Reuters
Earlier today, as mentioned, the German Air Force announced that it had joined the international aid drop operation in the skies over the Gaza Strip.
In a message published on the X network (formerly Twitter), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin stated that the German forces, with the help of France, dropped four food packages - each of which contains goods weighing one ton.
"Every package counts, but air aid is just a drop in the ocean," it said.
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