German foreign minister warns Israel against using Gaza tactics in the West Bank

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is currently in Israel, where she met her Israeli counterpart Israel Katz.

Speaking to reporters following her meeting, Baerbock called for "a ceasefire now" and also spoke out against hawkish statements by Israeli officials about the West Bank, where the army on 28 August launched a raid in multiple cities that has left at least 36 dead. 

Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's far-right national security minister, said in a post on X on Friday that he had asked Netanyahu to make the defeat of Hamas "and other terrorist organisations" in the West Bank one of the aims of the war in Gaza.

"When members of the Israeli government themselves call for the same approach in the West Bank as in Gaza, that is precisely what acutely endangers Israel's security," Baerbock said.

Reporting by AFP