Israeli air strikes killed 22 Palestinians on Monday, hiking the Gaza death toll over 100 as global efforts to broker a truce to end the worst violence in four years gathered pace.

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An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, medics said, with Palestinian security sources confirming they were Hamas militants.

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil crossed into Gaza Friday for a brief visit amid a massive Israeli military campaign against militants in the Hamas-run territory.

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Palestine’s Mahmud Abbas received from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a reply on Saturday to his letter about the failed peace process, a source the Palestinian president's office said.

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Israel and militants in Gaza began observing an Egyptian-brokered truce on Tuesday after four days of violence, which officials on both sides warned could flare up again.

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One Palestinian was killed on Friday in a fresh Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources said, in what was the second deadly strike of the morning.

The latest raid hit a target

One person was killed and at least 10 were wounded on Thursday when Israeli troops shelled two separate areas in Gaza, the Palestinian emergency services said.

Emergency services spokesman Adham Abu