02-04-2025
Berlin says evacuated 19 Germans plus relatives from Gaza
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Kathrin Deschauer said the evacuation on Tuesday 'took considerable time' but Berlin was 'very relievedShe welcomed reports of talks, facilitated by regional actors, toward a new Gaza truceBERLIN: Germany said Wednesday that 19 of its citizens and 14 of their relatives had been evacuated from Gaza as Israel presses its offensive against Hamas in the war-ravaged Palestinian ministry spokeswoman Kathrin Deschauer said the evacuation on Tuesday 'took considerable time' but Berlin was 'very relieved that this succeeded through close cooperation' with Israeli added that she welcomed reports of talks, facilitated by regional actors, toward a new Gaza truce.'That's important, good and somewhat encouraging, but the current situation is dramatic, and it's important that all parties return to the negotiating table to achieve a ceasefire,' she said at a regular news war was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official resumed major air strikes on Gaza on March 18 after talks on next steps in a six-week truce broke health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Tuesday that the overall toll since the war began had reached at least 50,399 people, most of them Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of military operations in Gaza to 'destroy and clear the area of terrorists.'Jordan's King Abdullah II, speaking during a Berlin visit, deplored the dire humanitarian situation and the war's impact on children.'Today, Gaza has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world, along with massive numbers of injured adults,' he told the Global Disability said a Jordanian aid project with mobile clinics had helped more than 400 amputees in Gaza, including children.
