German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urges Israel to refrain from military operation in Rafah amid increasing aid shipments and what he called Palestinian "suffering."
An offensive by the Israeli army on Rafah would be a humanitarian catastrophe," Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wrote in a post on X on Saturday.
The German foreign ministry said in a post on social media platform X that it shared the ARD's concerns about their local staff and would continue to push for them to be able to leave.
The outspoken former member of a Brooklyn Hasidic sect has been a vocal Israel critic in Germany, which since World War II has been highly sensitive to perceptions of antisemitism.
The majority of individual export permits - 185 out of 218 - were granted after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on Wednesday approved a request by Israel for the drone use over the weekend, said Der Spiegel, which did not specify its sources.
The negotiations have resulted in an unprecedented commitment of $1.4 billion for Holocaust survivors worldwide.
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