German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said that a further escalation of the war in Gaza must be prevented. Pistorius said he agreed with UN Secretary General António Guterres, whom he held talks with in New York earlier on Wednesday, that everything must be done to alleviate the misery of Palestinian civilians. “At the same time, I also know that the Israeli dilemma is great: to do what is necessary and what they have a right to do, and at the same time not to allow the suffering of the civilian population to become excessive,” Pistorius said at the UN headquarters. Pistorius said “diplo…