Katz had said on October 2 that he was barring U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering the country.

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

Tensions in the Middle East have shot up since thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Lebanon's Hezbollah members exploded in an attack widely blamed on Israel.

Israeli troops entered the buffer zone in May as they pressed an offensive around Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Internal criticisms regarding the ethics of this practice have largely been silenced, with one source describing the situation as “very problematic.”

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

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.

There are more than 26,000 Kenyans in Lebanon, the majority of whom are domestic workers. 

Sisi warned of the risk of the Gaza war expanding regionally in a way "difficult to imagine."

In Israel, Blinken was due to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials.

Mr. Guterres described Gaza as being in “a humanitarian freefall” because “just when it seems the situation could not get worse for Palestinians in Gaza, the suffering grows – and the world watches.”

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.

Israel has been bracing for a possible attack by Iran and Hezbollah, in Lebanon after a sharp escalation in tensions following a missile strike that killed 12 youngsters in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on July 27.

One security source said the rockets fell inside the base.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

In addition to the 46 fatalities in Tal al-Sultan, hundreds more were treated for severe burns. Another attack on Tuesday in al-Mawasi, Western Rafah, reportedly killed 21 Palestinians, including 13 women.

Echoing those concerns, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned that there was little the agency "can currently do in Rafah, with stocks very low and mobility severely restricted”.

It also cites a ruling by the International Court of Justice last week that ordered Israel to immediately halt its military assault on Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling in South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide.