Israeli airstrikes killed 14 people in the Gaza Strip, while another 10 Palestinians were killed separately as they sought food in the embattled enclave, hospital officials said

More than 80 Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Thursday, according to health officials, as Israel intensified its strikes across the strip.

President Trump said Friday he had met with Edan Alexander, a dual American and Israeli citizen who was held hostage in the Gaza Strip for nearly 600 days.

President Donald Trump welcomed Edan Alexander, an American held hostage by Hamas militants for 584 days in Gaza, to the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon. Trump — who played an instrumental role in securing Alexander’s release — has vowed to keep significant pressure on Hamas to release all the hostages.

First Lady Melania Trump accompanied her husband, President Donald Trump, in welcoming a recently freed Gaza hostage to the White House. Edan Alexander, 21, who was believed to be the last living American citizen held hostage by Hamas,

The workers were receiving medical treatment and were in stable condition, the U.S.- and Israeli-backed GHF said.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said two of its American aid workers were injured in an attack while distributing desperately needed food to Palestinians.