Live, Gaza: Recognition of a Palestinian state 'would make a ceasefire difficult,' says US Secretary of State
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- The Israeli army says it controls 40% of the enclave's capital. "The operation will expand and intensify in the coming days," its spokesperson, Effie Defrin, promised on Thursday. "We will increase the pressure on Hamas until it is defeated. We will continue to hunt it down everywhere," he added.
- Israeli army bombings and gunfire left 61 dead on Thursday in the Gaza Strip, including 30 in Gaza City, according to a report by Agence France-Presse, which quoted Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the enclave's civil defense.
- The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip warned of "the serious deterioration of laboratory and blood transfusion services, which threatens the lives of thousands of sick and wounded ."
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has ruled out any visit by Emmanuel Macron unless he reverses his intention to recognize the Palestinian state. "As long as France continues its efforts and initiatives that run counter to Israel's interests, a (...) visit [by Emmanuel Macron to Israel] will not be justified," he declared.
- His ministry also "firmly" condemned the remarks, which he said were "baseless" , of European Commissioner Teresa Ribera, who described the military operations in the Gaza Strip as "genocide." "By doing so, [ Ms. ] Ribera becomes a relay for Hamas propaganda," he added.
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