Strong explosions were seen in northern Gaza after nightfall.
Gaza lost communications in its third total outage of the Israel-Hamas war, while Israel’s military said it encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two.
Earlier on Sunday, Israeli warplanes struck two refugee camps, killing at least 53 people and wounding dozens in central Gaza, the zone where Israel’s military had urged Palestinian civilians to seek refuge, health officials said. Arafat Abu Mashaia, who lives in the camp, said the Israeli airstrike flattened several multi-storey homes where people forced out of other parts of Gaza were sheltering.
Mr Abbas, who has had no authority in Gaza since Hamas took over in 2007, said the Palestinian Authority would only assume control of Gaza as part of a “comprehensive political solution” establishing an independent state that includes the West Bank and east Jerusalem, lands Israel seized in the 1967 war.
This appeared to be the first aid delivered by Jordan, a key US ally that has a peace deal with Israel. Four civilians were killed by an Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon on Sunday evening, including three children, a local civil defence official and state-run media reported. Ongoing Palestinian rocket fire has forced tens of thousands of people in Israel to leave their homes.
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