The plan has faced public criticism on concern over any related hazards, the Soviet nuclear testing legacy, and fears that Russia will be involved in the project.

Israel said it had bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday, expanding its confrontation with Iran's allies in the region after killing the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

The Palestinians remain a non-member observer state as the 15-member Security Council has not acted on the General Assembly recommendation.

"We will take every legal step for her blood not to remain on the ground," Erdogan said.

He said there were also some gaps in the agreement in how Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are exchanged.

Vaccinations will continue over the next few days at four large health facilities to ensure no child is missed in the area.

Since the war began on Oct. 7, schools have been bombed or turned into shelters for displaced people, leaving Gaza's estimated 625,000 school-aged children unable to attend classes.

The parents who have come to the health centre are well aware of the importance of vaccinations.

Months of stop-start negotiations mediated by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt have so far failed to reach an accord on a Gaza proposal laid out by Biden in May.

President Joe Biden said "we're not there yet".

Meanwhile, in Gaza, a fortunate few in the devastated enclave enjoyed a little respite from the ongoing conflict, at a restored water pumping station in Khan Younis.

Israel and Hamas have each blamed the other for failing to reach a deal yet neither side has ruled out an agreement.

Seventy six years ago, the Palestinian refugee, who has devoted his life to teaching children, was forcibly displaced from his home village of Al-Birwa approximately 9 km northeast of Acre.

The airstrike hit a tent area inside the Al-Aqsa Hospital compound, starting a fire, and wounding at least 18 people in addition to the five killed, medical authorities said.

Palestinian rescue workers and civilians collected dead bodies from the streets of the abandoned battle zone, bringing corpses wrapped in rugs to morgues in cars and donkey carts.

He said the Israeli investigation and the detention of nine Israeli soldiers was a "farce" aimed at misleading world opinion.

"France does not recognise Palestine. Yet here I am with a flag on my chest," he said after finishing third in a 100 metres backstroke heat that proved to be his first and last swim of the Paris Games.

It comes as Israel seeks changes to a plan for a truce in Gaza and the release of hostages by Hamas, complicating a final deal to halt more than nine months of war

Senior Hamas official Hussam Badran said the most important point of the Beijing Declaration was to form a Palestinian national unity government to manage the affairs of Palestinians.

Tensions are high in the region, with concerns remaining over a possible spread of violence.

The statement said Netanyahu held a meeting on Sunday with the delegation and senior members of Israel's defence establishment.

"The fact that we're here. The fact that people don't want us to be here, they don't want us to play sports. They don't want us to exist."

Talks are underway in Qatar and Egypt on a deal, backed by Washington, that would allow a pause in the fighting in Gaza, now in its 10th month, and the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Israeli forces continued to press their offensive in north and central Gaza on Wednesday, and deepened their incursion into two Gaza City districts, carrying out house-to-house searches.

After weeks with little public diplomacy, mediators Egypt and Qatar delivered a response from Hamas to a proposal that would include a release of hostages held in Gaza and a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave.

"This compounds the suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and further endangers their safety and wellbeing,” said ILO Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat.

The call came less than a week after Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognised a Palestinian state.

“Israel must immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the Rafah governorate,” the court’s ruling read.

European Union members Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and Malta have indicated in recent weeks that they plan to make the recognition