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CAIRO: Israeli forces pushed towards the heart of Gaza City on Wednesday, placing at

risk the lives of Palestinians who had stayed put in

hopes that growing pressure on Israel for a ceasefire would mean they would not lose their homes.

U.S. President Donald Trump met leaders of Muslim countries at

the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, for talks that the Emirati state news agency said focused on a permanent ceasefire in the war as well as the release Israeli hostages and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Trump, who earlier condemned moves by several Western countries to put

pressure on Israel by recognising a Palestinian state,

said a meeting with Israel would be next.

Israel has pressed on with its military campaign on Gaza City despite repeated calls for it to pull back

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