Egyptian and Qatari mediators have been holding talks with Hamas in their latest effort to broker a ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Health Ministry meanwhile said the

President Donald Trump backed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take over Gaza, saying hostages held in the enclave will only be returned when "Hamas is confronted and destroyed"

Gaza residents will be provided with tents and other shelter equipment starting from Sunday ahead of relocating them from combat zones to the south of the enclave "to ensure their safety," the Israeli military said on Saturday.

Hospital officials and witnesses say an Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed a baby girl and her parents as concerns remain high about Israel's planned military offensive.

A Health Ministry report described the systematic starvation, as well as physical and emotional torture, carried out by Hamas terrorists on hostages released from Gaza earlier this year. The lives of the remaining living hostages in Gaza captivity are under immediate threat due to physical and mental torture perpetrated by their Hamas captors,

In a new video, survivors of Hamas captivity and a grieving widow appeal to Trump, warning that ongoing fighting puts the remaining hostages at risk.

Asked about Netanyahu’s claim there was no hunger in Gaza, he pointed at Jamal’s protruding rib cage. “Of course there’s famine,” he said. “Does a 5-year-old child’s chest normally come to look like this?”

As Germany is the only European country with citizens still in Hamas captivity after 7 October, their relatives wonder why the country isn't showing more support for dual nationals.