BERLIN, July 27 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz held a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, expressing concern over the "catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza."
According to a statement from the German government, during the phone conversation, Merz urged an immediate ceasefire and called for urgently needed humanitarian aid to reach the starving civilians in Gaza swiftly, safely and at the required scale.
Germany will decide on its efforts to improve the situation in the coming days, in consultation with its E3 partners (France and Britain), as well as the United States and Arab nations, the statement said. ■