- At least 17,700 Palestinians have been killed and 48,780 wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7, Gaza's Health Ministry said on Saturday.

- Israel will press on with its "just war to eliminate" Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday as he praised the United States for blocking a ceasefire resolution at the UN.

- The Biden administration has used an emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review, the Pentagon said on Saturday.