German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to visit Israel on October 17. The newspaper reports this Yedioth Ahronoth.
“Scholz will stay in Israel for a few hours, then head to Egypt,” the publication says.
So far, no government leaders have visited the Jewish state since the armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinian radical movement Hamas escalated on October 7.
Before that, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited US President Joe Biden will visit Israel in the coming days.
It was reported that it was also brought up during the visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock to Israel. can be visited southern regions of the country.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Against this background, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir declared a state of emergency in the country on October 7.
Netanyahu has previously said that Israel passes over a major attack “unprecedented”.