[HIGHLIGHTS] [Updated from time to time] US Secretary of State: ``The decision is made by Hamas'', calls for a halt to fighting

US Secretary of State: ``The decision is made by Hamas'', calls for a halt to fighting. Negotiations continue intermittently over a cessation of fighting and the release of hostages.

U.S. Central Command drops more than 36,800 meals in northern Gaza Strip. Restrictions on entry to Islamic holy sites 'as usual' in Israel and Gaza. The World Health Organization (WHO) posted a video taken inside Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip on social media.