IDF Strikes Over 400 Hamas Targets, Eliminates Several Commanders

"I am deeply concerned about the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza," Guterres said in his remarks during a UN Security Council meeting.

"The IDF is ready for ground maneuvers, we will make a decision with political echelons regarding the form and timing of the next phase," Halevi told a press conference near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, as quoted by the Times of Israel newspaper.

"President Erdogan stressed during the talks that Turkey will continue to make every effort to ensure calm in the region," Erdogan's office said.

"Over the last day, the IDF struck over 400 terror targets and killed several Hamas commanders and numerous operatives preparing attacks," the IDF said on Telegram, specifying that "dozens" of Hamas operatives were eliminated.

"Egypt plays a key role in hostage and missing persons issues. [Cairo's] efforts in this matter are effective and very valuable. We cooperate and work together with Egypt and are very grateful to him and the Red Cross," Hagari told a briefing.

"At least 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza over the past 17 days … with constant airstrikes reducing thousands of buildings across the Gaza Strip to piles of smoking rubble," the organization said in a statement.

"The President welcomed the release of two additional hostages from Gaza earlier today, and reaffirmed his commitment to ongoing efforts to secure the release of all the remaining hostages taken by Hamas – including Americans ... The President also underscored the need to sustain a continuous flow of urgently needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza," the White House said in a statement.

"What Palestine needs at the moment is more aid, not less. And this has been taken into account in the [European] Commission's actions, and today the commissioner in charge of humanitarian assistance reiterated that assistance to Gaza will be increased threefold ... And, of course, we have been at the forefront of defending this position and have increased our aid to Palestine to 21 million euros. And we are working to announce a doubling of this amount very soon," Albares told reporters after the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg.