Speaking at a G7 foreign ministers meeting, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken about humanitarian efforts amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian terror group Hamas.

Blinken said: "We all agreed that humanitarian pauses would advance key objectives to protect Palestinian civilians, to increase the sustained flow of humanitarian assistance, to allow our citizens and foreign nationals to exit, and to facilitate the release of hostages.

"I briefed my colleagues about my conversations with Israeli leaders on pauses and on concrete steps to minimize harm to Palestinian civilians in Gaza and to stop extremist violence in the West Bank.

"Israel has repeatedly told us that there is no going back to October 6th before the attacks by Hamas. We fully agree."