Netanyahu signals openness to Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan: Sources

The Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank, is prepared to take on the burden of governing the Gaza Strip, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.

Abbas condemned Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, saying the attack on civilians does not represent the Palestinian people.

Abbas expressed his "gratitude and appreciation" to the states that recently recognized the state of Palestine, including France, the U.K., Canada and Belgium. Now, 157 states recognize Palestine.

The Palestinian government recognized the state of Israel in 1988 and 1993 and still recognizes Israel's right to exist, Abbas said.

He called for an immediate and permanent end to the war in Gaza, the immediate entry of aid through the United Nations organizations, the immediate release of all hostages, the complete withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip and the ending of plans for new illegal settlements.

Israeli forces killed 83 Palestinians and injured 216 others across the war-torn Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said Thursday afternoon.

Among those killed were seven people trying to collect humanitarian aid, while another 50 were wounded, according to the ministry.

A total of 65,427 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, the health ministry said.

-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz and Morgan Winsor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he said he would "condemn" leaders of nations who have recently recognized Palestinian statehood.

Netanyahu is set to speak at the UNGA on Friday. Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority -- the government exercising limited control over parts of the occupied West Bank, in cooperation with Israeli authorities -- will speak on Thursday.

Hundreds of protesters gathered at the airport, waving Israeli flags and yellow banners, the latter representing the symbol adopted by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum to demand the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023.

"I will condemn those leaders who, instead of condemning the murderers, the rapists, the child burners, want to give them a state in the heart of the land of Israel," Netanyahu said. "This will not happen."

This week, several nations including Canada, France and the U.K. officially recognized Palestinian statehood, with leaders framing the move as a response to Israel's war in Gaza and Netanyahu's self-professed efforts to block any two-state solution to the decades-long conflict.

The Palestinian Authority foresees a future Palestinian state comprising the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem, its borders aligned with the so-called “Green Line” recognized by the UN before the Six-Day War of 1967.

A Palestinian state is now recognized by 157 of the 193 UN member states, including 18 of 32 NATO allies.

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti

Israeli warplanes struck more than 170 targets across the Gaza Strip in the previous 24 hours, the Israel Defense Forces said in a Thursday morning social media post.

The 162nd Division is "fighting deep inside Gaza City," the IDF said.

The 98th and 36th divisions are also engaged in the city, which is the strip’s largest urban area, the IDF said.

Meanwhile, the IDF said the 99th Division is operating in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, with the 143rd "Gaza" Division engaged in the south.