BRUSSELS, May 20, 2025 (WAFA) – The situation in the Gaza Strip was intolerable and worsening, the German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters in Brussels, German Foreign Minister Wadephul stated: “During my recent visit to Israel and my visit to the Palestinian territories, I expressed that I consider the situation in the Gaza Strip to be intolerable — and it has not got better, it has got worse.”

He reiterated Germany’s opposition to schemes to forcibly displace Palestinians from their homeland.

“There must be no expulsion, direct or indirect, of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. I have also explained this very clearly to our Israeli partners and friends during my visit, and this is the basis of our future policy,” he added.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes across the Strip and killing hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children.

The death toll reached at least 3,427 with 9,647 others wounded, according to medical sources. In the last 24 hours, the bodies of 87 slain Palestinians and 290 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 53,573 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 121,688 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.