IP - Norway believes Israel may have broken international law in its bombardment of Gaza which has leveled neighborhoods and killed thousands of Palestinians, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Iran PressEurope: Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told Reuters in an interview that Israel must adhere to humanitarian law.

This meant distinguishing between combatants and civilians and ensuring military attacks are proportionate to avoid excessive harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure, he said.

This meant distinguishing between combatants and civilians and ensuring military attacks are proportionate to avoid excessive harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure, he said.

"We believe that there have been cases where this proportionality and this distinction have not been fully respected," he said, speaking in the United Arab Emirates.

It is crucial to get relief to civilians in Gaza: PM

In Oslo, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said it was crucial to get relief to civilians in Gaza as soon as possible.

"It is paramount now to have a humanitarian pause to get the support, to get the humanitarian relief to two million people who now are in an extremely dire situation," he told reporters.

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