German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was received by President Izchak Herzog on Sunday at the start of her visit to Israel.

Three months after the start of the Gaza war, the meeting in Jerusalem is likely to also focus on the humanitarian situation of the Palestinians and ways towards a two-state solution.

Efforts to release hostages kidnapped by the Islamist Hamas and other groups in the Gaza Strip are also likely to be an issue.

It is Baerbock’s fourth trip to Israel and the region since the Hamas attacks in October.

Following her talks with Herzog, Baerbock was scheduled to speak with her new Israeli colleague Israel Katz.