Israel-Gaza live war updates: Thousands protest in Israel after IDF kills 3 hostages in Gaza

In a shift in tone, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, have called for a “sustainable cease-fire” in Gaza, writing that although Israel has a right to defend itself, “too many civilians” have been killed in the Israeli offensive. Britain and Germany abstained from voting on last week’s U.N. resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.

The World Health Organization said Saturday that it delivered health supplies to al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza. After most of its staff and patients evacuated in the wake of the Israel Defense Forces’ raid on the facility in November, al-Shifa “needs to urgently resume at least basic operations” as new patients are “arriving every minute,” the WHO said.

The Gaza Strip is still largely offline after a communications blackout that began Thursday evening local time. Cybersecurity monitoring firm NetBlocks said in an update Saturday evening Gaza time that this is the “longest sustained telecoms blackout” since the war began.

In the Red Sea, the USS Carney shot down 14 drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Saturday, according to U.S. Central Command. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels are in talks mediated by Oman about their operations targeting ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, a Houthi spokesman said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

At least 18,787 people have been killed in Gaza and 50,897 wounded since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. At least 1,200 people were killed in Israel in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.