Foreign Ministry: Israel will not stop the operation even if all hostages are released. Katz added that Israel won't agree to end the war until Hamas is “defeated both militarily and politically” Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out the withdrawal of troops from the Gaza Strip until complete victory and the release of “thousands” of Palestinians from prisons.

The head of the intensive care unit at the Gaslini hospital, Andrea Moscatelli, said that operations on children in the Gaza strip are carried out without anesthesia.