At least 22 people were killed by an Israeli strike on the Firas Market in Gaza City on Wednesday, Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence body said.

ABC News verified video footage of bodies being recovered from the rubble of the market, where displaced families had been sheltering in the Souq Firas area, east of Gaza City.

Nine children were among the dead, Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said.

The Israel Defense Forces did not immediately issue a statement on the strike.

-ABC News' Samy Zyara, Diaa Ostaz and Helena Skinner

In a joint statement released early Wednesday, the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven -- Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and U.S. -- sounded the alarm over "the immense suffering of civilians in Gaza."

"We stressed the urgency of alleviating the immense suffering of civilians in Gaza through a flood of humanitarian aid and securing the release of all hostages, and we reiterated our call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas," the ministers said.

"We unequivocally condemned Hamas, including for its brutal and unjustified terror attacks on Oct. 7, 2023," they added. “We reiterated that Hamas can have no role in Gaza's future and must never again be a threat to Israel."

"We affirmed our readiness to engage with Arab partners on their proposals to chart a way forward on reconstruction in Gaza and build a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace," the ministers said.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani took aim at Israel during his address to the United Nations General Assembly, calling it a “rogue government.”

The Qatari leader began by referencing Israel’s airstrike on Hamas leadership in Doha earlier this month, calling it a “treacherous attack.”

“The whole world was shocked because of the circumstances of this heinous act, which we have classified as state terrorism,” he said, alleging it was an attempt to conduct political assassinations that “undermines any diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the genocide against the people in Gaza.”

"They visit our country and plot to attack it. They negotiate with delegations and plot to assassinate the members of the negotiation teams. It is difficult to cooperate with such a mentality that does not respect the most minimum standards of cooperation. It is impossible. Is this not the definition of a rouge government?" he said.

The emir also alleged Israel was not interested in securing the release of hostages, but that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was instead seeking to continue the war as long as possible.

“Israel is not a democratic country surrounded by enemies, but in fact, it is an enemy to its surrounding neighbors, and it's engaged in a genocide. And its leader is proud of preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state, and he promises that such a state will never be established,” he said.

Nevertheless, the Qatari leader said his country would continue its attempts to mediate peace along with Egypt and the U.S.

-ABC News' Shannon K. Kingston

After protests erupted in Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that recognizing the state of Palestine is subject to two conditions: the release of the hostages and the "exclusion of Hamas from any role in governance within Palestine."

"I continue to believe that recognizing Palestine, in the absence of a state that meets the requirements of sovereignty does not solve the problem, it does not produce tangible, concrete results for the Palestinians," Meloni said at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.