The official statement declared, "Hamas, which openly uses civilians as human shields, operates from hospitals and uses schools and kindergartens to store weapons, has stolen aid from Gaza's population many times by shooting Palestinians."
The magnitude 8.8 earthquake sparked widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific, affecting regions from Japan and Hawaii to the US West Coast.
Countries from the United Arab Emirates and the Arab League voiced support for ending the war and called for renewed talks on a two-state solution.
Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that his country would formally recognize a Palestinian state during the United Nations General Assembly. Malta will become the 146th country to grant such recognition.
The British prime minister follows Macron with September deadline after parliamentary pressure.
