Live Updates: Images of bodies strewn on Gaza street 'harrowing' — UN chief

5:00 GMT - UN chief 'horrified' by Israeli strike on Gaza ambulance convoy

The head of the United Nations was "horrified" by a strike by Israeli forces on a convoy of ambulances in Gaza on Friday, he said in a statement, adding that the conflict "must stop."

"I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shifa hospital. The images of bodies strewn on the street outside the hospital are harrowing," Antonio Guterres said in the statement.

4:30 GMT - Palestinian Red Crescent condemns Israeli strike on Gaza ambulances

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has condemned the targeting of a convoy of ambulances in Gaza by Israeli forces, which it says killed 15 people and wounded more than 60 others.

The PRCS said in a statement that one of its ambulances was struck "by a missile fired by the Israeli forces", about two metres from the entrance to the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

The attack resulted in the deaths of 15 civilians and wounded 60 other people, the PRCS said, mirroring figures released earlier by the Hamas-run Health Ministry. Another ambulance, belonging to the ministry, was "directly targeted" by a missile around one kilometre from the hospital, causing injuries and damage, it said.

4:00 GMT - Israeli shelling on Gaza school kills 20 people: Palestine

Twenty Palestinians have been killed and dozens more wounded in an Israeli attack "targeting" a school in northern Gaza, the enclave's Health Ministry said.

"20 martyrs and dozens of wounded arrived at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City after the direct targeting of a school turned into a makeshift camp for displaced people in the Al-Saftawy area in northern Gaza," the ministry said in a statement.

"Several tank mortar shells fell into the school that was directly targeted," it added.

3:43 GMT - Israel destroyed 54 mosques in Gaza since October 7: Gaza authorities

At least 54 mosques have been destroyed in Israeli air strikes in besieged Gaza since October 7, the Gaza Government Media Office said.

"The attacks have also partially damaged 110 other mosques," spokesman Salama Marouf said at a news conference in Gaza City. Three churches were also targeted by Israeli forces, he said.

The Israeli army said on Thursday it had carried out more than 12,000 air strikes in Gaza. Marouf said, however, that "most of the targets struck in the Israeli attacks were houses, public facilities and hospitals."

3:00 GMT - 'Very significant pause' in Mideast conflict needed to free captives: US

It would take a "very significant pause in the conflict" in the Middle East to be able to win the release of dozens of captives taken by Palestinian resistance group Hamas, a senior US official has said.

"It is something that is under a very serious and active discussion. But there is no agreement as of yet to actually get this done," the official said, as fighting between US ally Israel and Hamas fighters raged in besieged Gaza.

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