Official Palestinian media reported late on Saturday that a minimum of 40 Palestinians lost their lives in an Israeli air strike on northern Gaza. Following the attack, numerous women and children are reported missing.

Iran Press/West Asia:The strike hit a building hosting displaced families in the Tal Al Zaatar area, the official Wafa news agency reported, describing the latest attack as a "bloodbath.”

Many people are still missing under the rubble, it added, with rescue efforts hampered by a lack of ambulances and civil defence crews following a lengthy Israeli siege on the north.

The attack was just one of several that killed at least 100 people across the enclave on Saturday.

Among the dead were four aid workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK) and Save the Children, who were killed in an air strike on the southern city of Khan Younis.

About 44,400 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza since the war broke out in October last year, with at least another 105,142 wounded and thousands more missing, presumed to be still under the rubble.

While a ceasefire has now started between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, there has been no pause to the war in Gaza since a temporary truce in November last year, which led to a brief captive and prisoner exchange.

A senior Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Saturday to discuss proposals for a ceasefire following Tel Aviv talks earlier this week between Egyptian and Israeli negotiators, sources briefed on the matter told The National on Saturday.

About 101 captives remain held in Gaza, 35 of whom have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.

On Saturday, Hamas released a video of an American-Israeli captive calling on US President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza.

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