French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a ceasefire in Gaza and is urging other world leaders to join him. "It's the only solution," he said. Follow here for live updates.
Some 699 foreign nationals arrived in Egypt on Thursday, having evacuated Gaza through the Rafah border crossing, an Egyptian border official told a journalist working for CNN.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday began her third diplomatic trip to the Middle East in a month, with stop-overs planned in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the West Bank and Israel.
At least 101 employees of the main United Nations agency working in the Palestinian territories have been killed in Gaza since October 7, the agency said Friday.