The foreign ministers of the G7 member countries will ask this Wednesday for a “humanitarian pause” in the Gaza Strip to allow aid to be sent to the enclaveas reported by Japanese government sources to the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

For her part, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa will hold a press conference to show a “united stance” regarding the conflict between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel. once all the meetings in Tokyo are over, the capital of the country, which this year holds the Presidency of the G7.

In that sense, the G7 will show all its support for Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas in response to the attacks by the Palestinian militia against the south of the country on October 7, which left more than 1,400 Israelis dead and around 240 hostages. In fact, this is the position that Kamikawa expressed this Tuesday before meeting with his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, whom has conveyed all its support in its diplomatic stance regarding the conflict.

Humanitarian pauses have been defended by the United States to allow evacuations and the entry of humanitarian aid to the Strip without stopping the fighting; a ceasefire would benefit Hamas militarilywhich could be reorganized, as senior US officials have repeated on numerous occasions.

On the other hand, the G7 has also confirmed its “firm support” for Ukraine and has defended economic sanctions against Russia, and has stated that the diversion of world attention to the Middle East will not cause changes in its position. The authorities of the Gaza Strip The number of Palestinians killed by Israel’s attacks has been estimated at 10,300, among which are 4,200 children; Those in the West Bank have stated that, in the same period, the incursions of the Israeli Army and the assaults of settlers have left more than 150 dead.