German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is due to hold talks later on Monday with the leaders of France, the United States and Britain on the crisis triggered by Hamas's surprise attack on Israel. Speaking during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Hamburg, during a visit to an Airbus factory, Scholz says "the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany are in agreement: this must not trigger a general explosion in the region." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES