German chancellor warns Hezbollah and Iran not to intervene in Israel-Hamas conflict

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to the media on October 17, in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned Hezbollah and Iran not to intervene in the Israel-Hamas conflict. 

"I expressly warn Hezbollah and Iran not to intervene in this conflict," Scholz said during a joint press conference with Jordanian King Abdullah II bin al Hussein on Tuesday in Berlin.  

"Together with our allies, we as the German government are doing everything in our power to ensure that this conflict does not escalate further," and to ensure humanitarian access to Gaza "to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population," Scholz said, adding that Hamas was using the civilian population in Gaza as human shields.

"The Palestinians are not Hamas and Hamas has no right to speak for them. The Palestinian people in Gaza, they are also victims of Hamas," Scholz said, stressing it is "important to differentiate" between Hamas and Gazan civilians.

Scholz thanked King Abdullah II for "playing a stabilizing and mediating role for so many years."