Need in Gaza: Merz calls Netanyahu to the ceasefire

Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) once again made calls to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and impressed the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. “The Chancellor expressed his great concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza. He asked Prime Minister Netanyahu to do everything in his power in order to immediately achieve an armistice,” said government spokesman Stefan Kornelius.

Merz called Netanyahu to send the hungry civilian population in the Gaza Strip the urgently needed humanitarian aid now. “The measures announced by the Israeli government would now have to quickly follow substantial further steps,” it said from Berlin. In the next few days, the Federal Government wants to decide in consultation with the E3 (France and Great Britain), other European partners, the USA and the Arab countries, how to improve the situation.

Germany, France and Great Britain had already published a explanation on Friday, in which they demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza War and the surrounding and unconditional release of all Israeli hostages that the terrorist organization Hamas records in the coastal area.

French President Emmanuel Macron referred to a international conference on a two-state solution planned this Monday in New York and Saudi Arabia planned. There, a new dynamic in favor of a fair and permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be created on the basis of the two-state solution. Macron had previously announced that he would then announce the recognition of Palestine as a state. For this he had attracted sharp criticism of Israel and his ally.

Germany’s government spokesman confirmed that Palestine’s recognition is currently not on the agenda for Germany. The Federal Government also views it as one of the final steps on the way to realizing a two -state solution.

In the meantime, for the first time after months of factual blockade by Israel, larger aid deliveries have again reached the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, a column of around 100 trucks with goods for the needy population over the Israeli border crossing Kerem Schalom drove into the large -scale coastal area, as sources confirmed there.

The goods-food, medication, baby food-are urgently needed. The World Health Organization WHO recently warned of a fatal hunger crisis among the approximately two million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip. Photos from the sealed area, in which Israel wages war against Islamist Hamas, showed toddlers in the hospitals that were only skin and bones.

According to the Ministry of Health, which is controlled by the Islamist Hamas, more than 100 people have already died of malnutrition, 80 percent of them. Israel denies that there is a hungry disaster in the Gaza Strip and instead speaks of a “campaign” of Hamas.

Israel recently repeatedly accused the UN organizations of not wanting to distribute the help in the Gaza Strip. These in turn countered that Israel did not want to guarantee safe transport routes within the competitive area. In fact, since the end of March, when Israel ended a ceasefire at the time, there has been very little help with the people in the Gaza Strip.

The worldwide criticism of its procedure in the Palestinian area has now obviously prompted Israeli leadership to a U -turn. Surprisingly, the military announced on Sunday night to adhere to a self -declared humanitarian break in parts of the Gaza Strip, except for revocation every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time.

The break in the areas where the army does not operate: Al-Mawasi in the southwest of the sealed coastal strip, in Deir al-Balah in the center and in the city of Gaza in the north. Furthermore, corridors would be set up from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. to 11 p.m. to enable the confois of the UN and other aid organizations to be passed through.

A desalination system for the preparation of drinking water in the Gaza Strip has now been connected to the Israeli power grid again, the army said. The measures initiated aimed to “refute the wrong claim that the Gaza Strip is intentionally starved”.

Despite humanitarian fire break in parts of the Gaza Strip, Israel continued to attack there. At Deir al-Balah, tents with displaced persons are said to have been hit, as employees of the emergency services reported. According to the health authorities controlled by the Hamas, at least 53 Palestinians have died since dawn. The number of non -verifiable number does not differentiate between civilians and fighters.

32 people alone are said to have been killed when waiting for humanitarian aid. Especially in the area of the distribution centers of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) supported by Israel and the USA, there are always fatal incidents.

Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul wrote on X, the situation remains unbearable. “Help must now, completely and reliably arrive and Hamas has to finally release the hostages.” The humanitarian break and initial aid deliveries are steps in the right direction.