A displaced Palestinian boy looks at smoke rising into the sky following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Thursday. Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 57 Palestinians, health officials say.

Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip , health officials said Thursday, as Hamas was still considering its response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for ending the nearly two-year war .

The plan requires Hamas to return all 48 hostages – about 20 of them thought by Israel to be alive – give up power and disarm in return for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and an end to fighting. However, the proposal, which has been accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sets no path to Palestinian statehood.

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