Hamas's leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, has said that the Palestinian resistance group was ready for an"immediate" prisoner swap with Israel.
"We must defeat Hamas because the test is an existential test for us," Netanyahu told a news conference. He said Gaza is witnessing a pivotal moment in history as"our people march towards liberation and Al Aqsa Mosque."The United Arab Emirates condemned the Israeli ground invasion in Palestine's Gaza, the state news agency WAM reported, citing the country's foreign ministry.
"The price to pay for the large number of enemy hostages in our hands is to empty the prisons of all Palestinian prisoners," Al Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Ubaida said in a statement broadcast by the Hamas-run Al Aqsa television channel. "Instead of the pause" he had expected, there has been"an unprecedented escalation of the bombardments and their devastating impacts, undermining the referred humanitarian objectives," Guterres said on a visit to Doha.Elon Musk has said that his Starlink satellite service would support internet access for"internationally recognised aid organisations in Gaza," which have faced a telecommunications blackout since Friday.
"After this hellish night in Gaza, I have a very simple but very important message for European leaders: Do not make us complicit in genocide. Act. Not in our name," she said in a video message on X.Egypt said that"Israeli obstacles" are impeding the delivery of aid to Palestinian Gaza. "A shell hit inside the base" in Naqura, said Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. He reported"no injuries but some damage", adding that UNIFIL was seeking to verify who fired the shell.
"Gaza is in complete blackout and isolation while heavy shelling continues. UNRWA warns about the desperate situation of Gaza people without electricity, food, water," he said on social media. " a ceasefire is urgent, to stop killing women, children and men," said the deputy mayor of the central town of Corbeil-Essonnes, Elsa Toure.Hamas official Ghazi Hamad has called for immediate implementation of the United Nations' General Assembly decision to allow humanitarian relief into Gaza, warning of a disaster as Israel widened its air and ground attacks overnight.