The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they happen.

WASHINGTON — Pressed on whether he supports reported Israeli plans to occupy the entire Gaza Strip, US President Donald Trump responds, “That’s pretty much going to be up to Israel.”

Trump says his primary focus is on feeding Gazans “who are obviously not doing to well with the food.”

Trump says “Israel is going to help us with that in terms of distribution and also money.”

Israel has reportedly already funneled millions of dollars to the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, though it has yet to publicly confirm doing so, as such funding would likely be unpopular among Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s base.

Trump said eight days ago that the US would establish new food centers in Gaza, and the White House has been saying since that it will unveil a new aid distribution plan for Gaza. That has yet to rolled out, though.

Trump tells reporters that “Arab states are also going to help us with that in terms of money and possibly distribution.”

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump says he has watched Hamas’s “horrible” video of emaciated Israeli hostage Evyatar David being forced to dig his own grave in the tunnel where he is being held in Gaza.

Asked what his reaction was to watching it, Trump tells reporters, “I think it’s horrible.”

“I hope a lot of people do get to see it, as bad as it is because I think it’s a horrible thing,” he adds.

Ayalon Highway has reopened to traffic after it was blocked by dozens of protesters earlier this evening amid a demonstration against the government’s widely-reported plan to forgo negotiating a hostage deal in favor of occupying the Gaza Strip.

Smaller simultaneous protests cropped up elsewhere in the country as well, including in Rehovot, near the Weizmann Institute of Science.

The United Nations calls reports about a possible decision to expand Israel’s military operations to take control of the entire Gaza Strip “deeply alarming” if true.

UN Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca tells a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza and the hostages that such a move “would risk catastrophic consequences … and could further endanger the lives of the remaining hostages in Gaza.”

“International law is clear in the regard, Gaza is and must remain an integral part of the future Palestinian state,” he adds.

The brother of Hamas hostage Evyatar David tells the United Nations Security Council that it is responsible for the hostages’ suffering in Gaza.

“Every moment of delay is a step closer to a final, tragic outcome. We all have a responsibility. To the leaders of the world, to every member of this council, and to the global community: your silence in the face of this monstrous cruelty is complicity,” Ilay David says.

David speaks via video to a Security Council hearing focused on the Gaza war and the hostages.

Over the weekend, Hamas released a video showing an emaciated........

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