International efforts are accelerating to transport humanitarian aid by sea to the Gaza Strip. US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the situation "looks difficult" in order to obtain a ceasefire.
Paris and Madrid condemned on Friday evening Israeli plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Hamas Health Ministry announced a new toll of 30,878 people killed in Israeli military operations and fighting in theGaza Strip since the start of the war. The number of victims is provided by the Hamas-led Gaza Ministry of Health.