President Joe Biden spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan Thursday on a wide variety of topics including the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas conflict, according to the White House.

"President Biden reiterated his support for Israel’s right to defend itself. The leaders also discussed efforts to increase humanitarian assistance to Gaza and protect civilians and the need for a political horizon for the Palestinian people," the White House said in a readout of the conversation.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow

Israeli Minister of Health Uriel Buso and Director-General of the Ministry of Health Moshe Bar Siman Tov met Thursday with the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross to stress that the health of the hostages in Gaza is deteriorating by the day.

Israeli officials said they're calling for the ICRC to visit the hostages held by Hamas immediately to ensure they receive life-saving medical care.

"Hamas has already proven to the world that [it] does not hesitate to commit crimes against humanity, including against the elderly, women and children," Buso said. "We expect the president and the organization to do everything possible to end the suffering of the hostages and their families immediately."

There are 114 hostages believed to be alive or unaccounted for in Gaza, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office. Twenty-one hostages were believed to have been killed in captivity and their bodies remain in Gaza, the government said.

Raz Ben Ami was released from Hamas captivity two weeks ago, but her pain is far from over as her husband, Ohad, is still being held hostage.

"I’m not OK," she told ABC News in an exclusive interview.

"How can I be OK when he is there and I’m here?" she said. "We want our family back together."

Ben Ami and her husband were kidnapped separately from Kibbutz Be’eri. She said she tried to hide when she heard militants storming into her home and kidnapping her husband, but they found her and took her to Gaza on the back of a motorcycle.

She hasn’t shared the details of her time in captivity with her two daughters.

"She’s very afraid," said one of her daughters, Ella Ben Ami. "I can just imagine what Hamas did to her."

The mother and daughters said they will keep fighting for Ohad’s return by joining rallies and speaking to government officials.

"We’re here every night. That’s all we can do. What else can we do? Wait and hope," Raz Ben Ami said.

-ABC News’ Ines De La Cuetara

President Joe Biden said he wants Israel to "be more careful” with its attacks in Gaza and focus on "how to save civilian lives" as casualties continue to climb.

"I want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives. Not stop going after a Hamas, but be more careful," Biden said Thursday during an event at the National Institute of Health.

The president was asked if he wanted Israel to scale back its assault on Gaza by the end of the year and transition to a "lower intensity" phase, but he did not address the question.

-ABC News’ Justin Ryan Gomez

The Biden administration approved the possible sale of tank ammunition to Israel through an emergency order, circumventing Congress.

In a release, the State Department notified Congress about the emergency sale on Friday.

"The Secretary of State determined and provided detailed justification to Congress that an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale to the Government of Israel of the above defense articles and services in the national security interests of the United States, thereby waiving the Congressional review requirements under Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended," the release states.

The sale -- of 120mm tank cartridges and related equipment -- is estimated to cost $106.5 million.

-ABC News' Davone Morales and Shannon Crawford