Solz asked Netanyahu for a ceasefire in Gaza

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed concern about the risk of a regional war in the Middle East during a telephone conversation today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a government spokesman in Berlin said. Scholz made it clear that the German government strongly condemns threats from Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon and others against the security of Israel and its citizens, spokesman Wolfgang Bichner said. During the phone call between the two leaders, Olaf Solz stressed that a ceasefire in Gaza would be a “decisive step” towards a de-escalation in the Middle East, according to his spokesman. The German chancellor “stressed that the time has come to finalize the agreement on the release of the hostages and the implementation of a ceasefire”, while insisting that “the end of the war in Gaza will be a decisive step towards a de-escalation in the region”. […]
Source: News Beast

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