Israel’s actions in Gaza can no longer be justified as fighting terrorism, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said, in his strongest criticism yet of the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Merz, a staunch supporter of Israel, said on Monday he could “frankly no longer understand the goal of what the Israeli army is doing in the Gaza strip”.
“To harm the civilian population in such a way as has increasingly been the case in recent days can no longer be justified by a fight against Hamas terrorism,” he said at an event organised by German broadcaster WDR.
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