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Israeli air strikes targeted homes in southern Gaza, witnesses said on Friday, adding to what aid groups describe as an increasingly hopeless humanitarian situation despite efforts towards new truce talks.An Israeli delegation led by David Barnea, head of the Mossad intelligence agency, has arrived in Paris in efforts to "unblock" truce discussions in the war with Hamas militants.His trip follows what the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said was the death of more than 100 people over the previous day.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled a plan for post-war Gaza that drew criticism from key ally the United States and was rejected by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas on Friday.The new plan came after air strikes targeted homes in southern Gaza, and as an Israeli delegation arrived in Paris hoping to "unblock" truce discussions.Netanyahu's plan envisages civil affairs in a post-war Gaza being run by Palestinian officials without links to Hamas.

A UN Human Rights Office report condemned crimes committed by all sides during the conflict.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a 'day after' plan to Israel's security cabinet which aims to demilitarize Gaza and enable locals to control civil affairs. Meanwhile inside Gaza, Israeli forces have created a security corridor south of Gaza City.

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