Speaking after talks with Israeli Prime Minister in Jerusalem, Scholz said he had shared his concerns about the high number of civilian casualties and insufficient aid reaching Gaza where aid agencies say famine is looming.
Scholz added that he had spoken with Netanyahu about the need for conditions for the distribution of aid to be "urgently and massively improved". "We cannot stand by and watch Palestinians risk starvation," he said. "That's not us. That is not what we stand for."