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By Sakura Murakami and Kantaro Komiya
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s foreign minister said on Thursday she would meet her Palestinian counterparts on a stopover in Israel and Jordan and convey Japan’s willingness to provide aid to the Palestinians.
The minister, Yoko Kamikawa, is also expected to meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on her two-day stopover starting Friday, as the crisis in Gaza has worsened after Israel carried out an attack on the Jabalia refugee camp and on foreigners. as well as Japanese citizens. Leave. .
“I look forward to talking about how to respond to the dire humanitarian scenario in the Gaza domain and directly about Japan’s willingness to continue offering aid,” Kamikawa said of his meeting with his Palestinian counterparts.
He did specify who he would meet on the Palestinian side.
Before his departure, he spoke of the Israeli attack on the Jabalia refugee camp and the fact that many civilians had been killed in the attack.
“I perceive that the IDF said that the attack targeted Hamas operatives and the applicable infrastructure,” he said. He made further comments.
The 10 Japanese citizens and 8 members of their Palestinian families who wanted to leave Gaza were evacuated to Egypt, Kamikawa said, adding that the evacuees were in good health.
He said Japan would remain in contact with a Japanese citizen living in Gaza who wished to remain there and was not evacuated.
(Reporting by Sakura Murakami and Kantaro Komiya; editing by Leslie Adler)