GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Over 120 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes on Tuesday as leaders on both sides debated a proposed humanitarian ceasefire.
In the latest attack, two Palestinians were killed and three were injured in an Israeli airstrike on northern Rafah.
Additionally, the bodies of four Palestinians were recovered from rubble late Tuesday from earlier attacks on Rafah, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
A top PLO official, meanwhile, said that Palestinian factions in Gaza had agreed to a day-long humanitarian truce.
Yasser Abed Rabbo announced that after consultations with Hamas and Islamic Jihad there was "willingness for a ceasefire and humanitarian truce for 24 hours."
A joint delegation headed by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas would travel to Cairo to take the next step, he added.
"This is more proof that we have a unified Palestinian stand," Abed Rabbo told reporters. "The delegation will head to Cairo under the PLO umbrella represented by President Mahmoud Abbas."
A Hamas spokesman quickly denied Hamas had agreed to the proposal.more
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