LIVE UPDATES: At Least 36 Journalists Killed Since Palestine-Israel Conflict Erupted

Egypt refuses to consider Israel's actions as legitimate self-defense since these actions lead to the death of civilians in the Gaza Strip, which cannot be justified, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Saturday.

"There can be no justification for the deaths of civilians in Gaza ... We will not accept attempts to justify these actions as a legitimate right to self-defense," Shoukry said during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al Safadi.

Shoukry added that Israeli strikes on civilian targets and attempts to force the displacement of Palestinians "cannot be considered a right to self-defense."

Qatar continues to make efforts to free hostages held in the Gaza Strip, but Israeli bombing is complicating their safe release, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

On Saturday, the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Palestinian Authority met in Jordan's Amman to coordinate their efforts to end Israel's war with Hamas. The ministers also met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

South Africa urged the Israeli government to fulfill its obligations under international law and ensure the protection of civilians amid the military operation in the Gaza Strip, the South African Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

"South Africa calls on Israel once again to adhere to its obligations under international law and protect civilians as required under the Geneva Conventions and under International Humanitarian Law. It is not only foreign nationals who must be allowed to freely exit the Gaza Strip in a timely manner, but it is a war crime for Israel to directly target Palestinian civilians in hospitals, ambulances, schools, apartment buildings, and in their private cars," the ministry said in a statement.

No foreigners traveled from the Gaza Strip to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing on Saturday, sources on the Egyptian side of the checkpoint told Sputnik.

On Saturday, CNN reported, citing a US official that the Hamas movement will stop preventing foreign citizens from leaving the Gaza Strip after Israel guarantees that ambulances will also be able to leave Gaza through Rafah.

"The border crossing did not accept on Saturday any of the foreigners or dual citizens who were supposed to cross from the Gaza Strip into Egypt," the sources said.

More than 100,000 people are participating in the largest demonstration in US history to support Palestinians amid the armed conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition Brian Becker told Sputnik.

Earlier in the day, a Sputnik correspondent reported that thousands of protesters started marching down the central streets of the US capital of Washington to protest against the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip and the US support for Israel.

"Well, there are over 100,000 people, we don’t know the exact number. It’s the biggest demonstration to support Palestinian rights in the history of the United States," Becker said.

He also expressed the opinion that demonstrators are not happy that the US government is calling for the safety of civilians in Ukraine, but at the same time does not make similar statements regarding the civilian population of Gaza. Becker also called the actions of US President Joe Biden's administration "hypocrisy and double standards."

On October 7, Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale rocket attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip and breached the border, killing and abducting people in neighboring Israeli communities. Israel launched retaliatory strikes and ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, cutting off supplies of water, food, and fuel. On October 27, Israel launched a large-scale ground incursion inside the Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas fighters and rescue the hostages.

US President Joe Biden said progress was reached on getting a humanitarian pause in Gaza.

Nearly 60 protesters were detained on Saturday during a large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin, German media reported citing police estimates.

Around 8,500 demonstrators descended on the German capital to demonstrate against the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, according to police data seen by Bild daily.

The newspaper reported that its correspondents were taunted and called "fascists" by people in the crowd.

Female protesters cradled bundles of white sheets that represented 3,900 Gaza children killed in the Israeli onslaught on the Palestinian exclave.

Israeli air and missile strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed more than 60 Israeli hostages during almost four weeks of aggression against the Palestinian exclave, the military wing of Hamas said Saturday.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ramallah in the West Bank on November 5, Al Arabiya news channel reported on Saturday, citing a Palestinian official.

Thirty trucks carrying humanitarian aid crossed into the Gaza Strip from Egypt at the Rafah border checkpoint on Saturday, Israeli media reported.

The Haaretz daily reported that the trucks were carrying food, water and other humanitarian cargo.

Three protesters have been arrested at a pro-Palestinian rally in London's Piccadilly Circus, the Metropolitan Police said on Saturday, adding that all three were taken to central London police stations.

"Officers have made three arrests at Piccadilly Circus. All three have been taken to central London police stations," the police said on X.

Several thousand protesters waving Palestinian flags have also gathered in Trafalgar Square, using smoke bombs and chanting slogans, The Telegraph reported.

The Palestinian movement Hamas said on Saturday that it welcomes Turkiye’s decision to recall its ambassador from Israel amid escalation of the conflict and “genocide” of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier in the day, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said it had decided to recall Tel Aviv ambassador Sakir Torunlar to Ankara for consultations amid developments in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Turkey's decision amounts to Ankara siding with Hamas.

Turkiye's decision to recall its ambassador in Tel Aviv for consultations puts it on the side of Hamas, a spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

"The Turkish government's decision to recall the ambassador for consultations while the State of Israel is waging a self-defense war... is another step taken by the Turkish president toward siding with the terrorist organization Hamas," Lior Haiat said on social media.

Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries met in Jordan's Amman on Saturday to coordinate their efforts to end Israel's war with Hamas and the resulting humanitarian crisis, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said.

"Foreign Minister HH Prince Faisal bin Farhan participates in the Arab coordination meeting held in Jordan, to coordinate endeavors to reach a cessation of the Israeli war on Gaza and the humanitarian disaster it induces," the statement read.

The meeting was also attended by the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Palestinian Authority, the Egyptian ministry said earlier.

The diplomats reiterated their position on the Gaza hostilities to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who arrived in Jordan on Friday after a meeting with Israeli officials.

The military wing of Hamas, the Palestinian group controlling the Gaza Strip, said on Saturday that it had fired a rocket at Israel's southernmost city of Eilat, on the Red Sea.

Qatar-based Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh visited Tehran a few days ago and met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Hamas politburo member Osama Hamdan said on Saturday.

About 1,000 police officers were posted across Berlin on Saturday to maintain order at pro-Palestinian rallies taking place around the German capital, the police force said.

"Today, we deployed 1,000 police officers to maintain order at different demonstrations across the city," the police force said on social media.

Russian diplomats are continuing negotiations for the release of Russian hostages in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone, but this decision requires coordination of positions of several parties, some of which are difficult to negotiate with, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.