Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The United Arab Emirates is not prepared to support a post-war plan for Gaza without the establishment of a Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan wrote on X on Saturday.

“The UAE is not ready to support the next day of the war in Gaza unless a Palestinian state is established,” Sheikh Abdullah said.

Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to the UAE President, also posted on his account on X on Saturday: “The statement by Sheikh Abdullah that the UAE is not prepared to support the day after the war in Gaza without the establishment of a Palestinian state reflects our firm and steadfast position in supporting our Palestinian brothers and our conviction that there is no stability in the region except through a two-state solution.

"The UAE will stand by the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination," Gargash further said.

Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes hit central and southern Gaza overnight into Saturday, killing at least 14 people as friends and family members of a Turkish-American activist killed by an Israeli soldier honoured her in a funeral.

The airstrikes in Gaza City hit one home housing 11 people, including three women and four children, and another strike hit a tent in Khan Younis with Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Civil Defence said on Saturday.