French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that they will speak by phone this Monday night with US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about the Middle East.
“In fact, Germany and France are united with the Israeli people in this tragic moment,” said Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival in Germany, in a statement alongside Olaf Scholz, who insisted on the need to avoid an “explosion in the region.” .
With the situation in Israel at the top of the political agenda of both countries, Macron and Scholz met in Hamburg with several ministers to reinforce a common position, agreed with the United States and closely followed by Italy.
The French presidency confirmed that the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, will continue talks with the White House, to seek a Western position regarding the war between Israel and Hamas.
The Islamic group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israeli territory this Saturday, called Operation “Al-Aqsa Storm”, with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen by land, sea and air.
In response to the surprise attack, Israel bombed several Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip from the air, in an operation it called “Iron Swords.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel is “at war” with Hamas.
The most recent report by the Palestinian Ministry of Health recorded at least 560 deaths due to Israeli air strikes in Gaza – including dozens of minors and women – which raised the total number of deaths to more than 1,250 on both sides in the sequence of two armed confrontations that began. on Saturday.
Source: TSF
