The federal government has doubts about the proportionality of Israel's military offensive in Gaza. But it does not want to rule out continuing to supply German armaments to Israel.
In the first six weeks of this year alone, the federal government approved arms exports to Israel for around nine million euros. Berlin is calling on Israel "both in direct discussions and publicly" to comply with international humanitarian law and "to allow more humanitarian aid in Gaza," Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock recently spoke of the "hell of Gaza"