Netanyahu signals openness to Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan: Sources
Netanyahu is scheduled to sit down with Trump at the White House on Monday.
The Israel Defense Forces is continuing its operation to take control of Gaza City, the largest urban area in the Gaza Strip, despite international outcry over the deteriorated humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory.
Meanwhile, in protest of Israel's continuation of its military operations in Gaza, several nations including France, the U.K. and Canada recognized Palestinian statehood as leaders gathered in New York last week for meetings at the United Nations General Assembly.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the leaders on Friday, again saying Israel will not allow an independent Palestinian state to exist.
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Recognizing state of Palestine is 'reward' to Hamas, Trump says
President Donald Trump criticized the move by several nations -- including France, Canada and the U.K. -- to recognize the state of Palestine, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
"As if to encourage continued conflict, some of this body is seeking to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. The rewards would be too great for Hamas terrorists for their atrocities," Trump said.
Trump also called for the immediate release of the hostages still held by Hamas, including the bodies of dead hostages.
"I've also been deeply engaged in seeking a ceasefire in Gaza. Have to get that done. We have to get it done. Unfortunately, Hamas has repeatedly rejected reasonable offers to make peace," Trump said.
38 killed in Gaza in past 24 hours, health ministry says
Israeli forces killed 38 people and wounded 190 others in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said on Tuesday afternoon.
The killings bring the death toll in Gaza since the ongoing war began to 65,382, according to the health ministry.
Among those killed over the past day were three people trying to collect humanitarian aid, while another 15 were injured, the health ministry said.
-ABC News' Morgan Winsor
Remaining Gaza hospitals 'a few days' from shutdown, officials warn
The remaining hospitals still operating in the war-torn Gaza Strip "are only a few days away from…shutdown due to fuel shortages," Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health warned on Tuesday.
"A few days could bring scenes of vital departments shutting down, exacerbating the health crisis and exposing the lives of patients and the wounded to certain death," the health ministry said.
"Technical and engineering procedures for scheduling operating periods have become ineffective with the cessation of fuel supplies," it added.
-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz and Morgan Winsor
IDF names soldier killed in northern Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday named a soldier killed in fighting in the northern Gaza Strip as Maj. Shahar Netanel Bozaglo, 27.
Bozaglo "fell in battle," the IDF said. The major was a company commander in the 7th Armored Brigade.
Bozaglo is the first soldier to be killed in the IDF’s new offensive against Hamas in Gaza City, launched last week.