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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was forced to evacuate his plane on Tuesday night as he was about to leave Israel, due to a missile alarm at the airport.
Scholz and his group of advisors were forced to evacuate their aircraft and lay on the Tarmac before being rushed to a Bomb Shelter at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv during a Rocket Barrage launched against the city.
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German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz and his Group of Advisors were forced to Evacuate their Aircraft and lay on the Tarmac before being rushed to a Bomb Shelter at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv during a Rocket Barrage launched against the City earlier tonight. pic.twitter.com/h06eMEJuge
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On Tuesday, the German Chancellor met for 40 minutes in Tel Aviv with relatives of German hostages held by Hamas and said the German government would do whatever it can to secure the hostages’ release, the relatives told journalists on Tuesday, reported Reuters.
He also spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about how to get humanitarian aid to civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip and would raise the topic with Egypt’s president as well.
“Germany and Israel are united in being democratic states, acting in justice and law even in extreme situations… I have spoken with the prime minister about ways to allow the people in Gaza to receive humanitarian aid as quickly as possible,” Scholz said, speaking alongside Netanyahu in Israel.
“We want to protect civilians and prevent civilian deaths,” he added.
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Published on: October 18, 2023 12:31:00 IST
, chancellor of Germany, has expressed his indignation and called utter shamelessness the claims of Valdimir Putin, President of Russia, that the war in the Middle East may lead to casualties among civilians.
Source: European Pravda with reference to the speech of Scholz in Bundestag about a wide range of subjects in the context of latest events
Quote: “I am more than indignant when I hear that the Russian President is warning the public at the moment that there may be victims among civilians in armed conflicts. A more shameless (statement) is yet to be found.”
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The German chancellor has promised to make efforts to liberate the prisoners kidnapped by the Hamas radical Islamist group during its attack on Israel.
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During his visit to Israel, Scholz had to get off the plane and lay down on the ground in the Tel-Aviv airport due to an air-raid warning.
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2023-10-23T09:50:07Z
A third convoy of aid trucks entered the Rafah crossing from Egypt on Monday bound for the besieged Gaza Strip, an aid worker and two security sources said.
Humanitarian deliveries through Rafah began on Saturday after wrangling over procedures for inspecting the aid and bombardments on the Gaza side of the border had left relief materials stranded in Egypt.
Rafah is the main crossing in and out of Gaza that does not border Israel. Since Israel has imposed a “total siege” of the enclave in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, Rafah has become the focus of efforts to deliver aid.
On Saturday and Sunday 34 trucks passed through. The number of trucks in Monday’s convoy was similar to each of those days, the aid worker and security sources said.
U.N. officials say about 100 trucks would be needed daily to meet essential needs in Gaza, which is home to 2.3 million people and where stocks of food, water and fuel have been running low.