He's set to meet on Saturday with foreign ministers of Arab states, as well as Palestinian representatives, to discuss the Israel-Hamas war.

The Jordanian foreign ministry said in a statement Arab officials, from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt will call for...

... "an immediate ceasefire, delivering humanitarian aid and ways of ending the dangerous deterioration that threatens the security of the region."

Washington maintains robust military and political support for Israel, while it calls on Israel to avoid civilian deaths and address Gaza's humanitarian crisis.

U.S. officials are also making intense efforts to gain the release of hostages.

On Friday, an official told Reuters there was "indirect engagement" aimed at finding a way to get hostages released, but the work was extremely difficult.

Hamas had taken over 240 hostages in its October 7 assault on southern Israel, many of the captives are still in Gaza as the Israeli military imposed a siege on the enclave.

Meanwhile the death toll from an Israeli airstrike on an ambulance in northern Gaza has risen to at least 15 people, while over 60 people were wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Video obtained by Reuters on Friday shows the aftermath of the strike. Some of the images, verified by Reuters, are too graphic to show in their entirety.

Health officials in the Hamas-run enclave say the ambulance was part of a convoy carrying injured Palestinians to Gaza City's al-Shifa Hospital.

The Israeli military said the strike targeted Hamas militants, and the ambulance was being used by a "terrorist cell" to ferry weapons and fighters.

Reuters was unable to independently verify accounts from both sides.