BERLIN German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday criticized Israel's plan to relocate Palestinians to an internment camp built on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza. "The way things are currently happening in the Gaza Strip is unacceptable," Merz said during an interview with public broadcaster ARD, reiterating his call for increased humanitarian aid and a diplomatic resolution to the conflict. "I have not liked what the Israeli government has been doing in the Gaza Strip for many weeks now.