Namibia says it is cautiously optimistic over recent developments in the Israel-Hamas war.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah reacted to the latest developments during the second session of the Namibia-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Windhoek.

Palestinians have thanked Namibia for refusing a vessel suspected to be carrying military cargo for Israel from docking at the Walvis Bay port over the weekend.