BERLIN

A majority of Germans disapprove of Israel's military offensive in Gaza, a new poll found on Tuesday. 

As many as 61% of Germans said they are against Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip, while only 33% voiced support for the offensive.

The representative poll was commissioned by the German weekly magazine Stern, and was conducted by the Forsa research institute on May 30-31.

In a poll conducted in November, after an Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, 62% of Germans had said they were supporting Israel’s military action in Gaza.

At that time, only 31% of Germans were against Israel's military offensive.

Israel has waged a deadly military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 cross-border attack led by Hamas in which nearly 1,200 Israelis were killed.

More than 36,500 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have since been killed in Gaza, and nearly 83,000 injured, according to local health authorities.

Nearly eight months into the Israeli war, vast swathes of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which in its latest ruling has ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge.