German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in settlement that Hamas have to be eradicated, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated following a gathering with Scholz in Jerusalem.
Whereas Israel agreed with Scholz that humanitarian support needed to be elevated by land, sea and air, and Israel would do no matter it may to attenuate casualties, “we additionally agreed that Hamas must be eradicated,” Netanyahu mentioned on Sunday.
“We can’t have a future for Gaza, a future for peace, a future for Israel if Hamas, a terrorist group dedicated to our genocide, stays intact,” he mentioned. “If it stays intact, it is going to regroup and reconquer the Gaza Strip and repeat the bloodbath time and again and once more.”
Scholz responded that the victims of the October 7 assault wouldn’t be forgotten. “Our message has been clear: Israel has a proper to defend itself in opposition to the terrorism of Hamas, and all hostages have to be launched. This merciless crime should finish now,” he mentioned.
However the German chancellor additionally famous the “extraordinarily excessive price in human lives” and mentioned he had shared his considerations with Netanyahu.
Whereas Israel was pursing a reputable objective of by no means once more October 7, the query needed to be requested whether or not, regardless of how essential the objective, may it justify such terribly excessive prices.
“We can’t stand by and watch Palestinians danger hunger … That’s not what we stand for,” Scholz mentioned. He referred to as for a deal on releasing the hostages “with an extended lasting ceasefire.”
Within the 5 months or so of the Gaza warfare, the variety of civilian casualties “is extraordinarily excessive, many would argue, a lot too excessive,” Scholz asserted.
Turning to the state of affairs in Lebanon, Scholz mentioned that Hezbollah needed to withdraw from the border with Israel and that navy escalation there would have “unforeseeable penalties.”
