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The Netanyahu government's plan to place the entire Gaza Strip under Israeli military control is unacceptable, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.

Israeli army attacks killed 33 civilians, including children, in the Gaza Strip since early Wednesday amid military escalation in Gaza City, according to medical sources. A medical source told Anadolu three people were killed and 10 others injured in an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia al-Nazla town, northern Gaza Strip.

Hamas said Monday it has accepted a new proposal from Arab mediators for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as Israel indicated its positions haven't changed, while Gaza's Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll from 22 months of war has passed 62,

A mediator stressed the importance of brokering a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a ceasefire deal.

A funeral has been held in Italy for a young Palestinian woman who died there after being evacuated from Gaza. Last week's death of the 19-year-old has exposed Italians to the plight of Palestinians in the besieged territory.

The prospect of an expanded assault on Gaza areas sheltering hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians has sparked condemnation inside Israel and abroad.

Several others injured as Israeli army targets aid seekers, displaced Palestinians, refugee camp, according to medics - Anadolu Ajansı

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced Wednesday the deaths of three more Palestinians from famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number