German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to visit Israel on Sunday, Israeli media reported.
The visit would be Scholz’s second since the conflict erupted in October. He will also stop in Jordan, sources told the German DPA news agency.
Scholz and the German government have consistently defended Israel’s right to defend itself against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which carried out the October 7 terror attacks that resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,200 people in southern Israel and saw about 240 more taken hostage.
The group is listed as a terrorist organization by several countries, including Germany, the United States and Israel.
Berlin has also supported a cease-fire that could see the release of the hostages still held by Hamas. A temporary cease-fire in November saw the release of about 100 hostages.
Scholz has rejected a planned Israeli military operation in the area of Rafah in southern Gaza, where over a million Palestinians are gathered after fleeing fighting elsewhere in the enclave.
The German government has announced it will contribute to a planned aid corridor for Gaza by sea as the humanitarian situation further worsens in the strip. The German Air Force also announced it will join the countries airdropping urgently needed aid into Gaza.
