The Palestinian Hamas responded to a deadly Israeli military strike in the West Bank with an attack in Tel Aviv. The Federal Foreign Office is urging the tense situation to calm down. After the Israeli military operation in the West Bank and a subsequent attack by Hamas in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Germany reaffirmed Israel’s right to self-defense – but also called for proportionality to be maintained. “Like every state, Israel has the right to defend itself against terrorism,” said a spokesman for the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin on Tuesday. He added, referring to the Israeli military operations in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, which have been going on for two days and have killed at least ten people. , said the spokesman. “Great concern” in view of the tense situationThe AA condemned the attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, which took place in response to the military operation, “in the strongest terms”. The ministry said it was “following the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories with great concern.” According to the authorities, up to seven people were injured in the attack with a car and later with a stabbing weapon before an armed passerby shot the alleged perpetrator. Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians had already intensified at the beginning of last year. However, under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition partners, some of whom are right-wing extremists, violence has increased again.
