Bezalel Smotrich, the hard-line finance minister, said that Israel needed to move more decisively and quickly to defeat Hamas.

International condemnation is growing over Israel's decision for a military takeover of Gaza City. Meanwhile, 20 more aid-seekers have been killed in Gaza and 11 more have died of malnutrition-related causes.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, on Saturday night to call for the release of the remaining hostages and object to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to expand military control of the Gaza Strip,