German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Sunday on his second visit to Israel since the start of the Gaza war just over five months ago. The focus is expected to be Israeli preparations for a ground offensive in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, against which Scholz plans to issue an urgent warning: The German chancellor is calling for a ceasefire to enable the release of hostages and more humanitarian aid for the suffering population in the Palestinian territory. The Gaza war was triggered on October 7 by a terrorist attack on Isr…