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More than 60 Palestinians were killed Sunday as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza, sending thousands more fleeing in terror in the deadliest assault on the enclave in five years.
      

Thousands were fleeing northern Gaza Sunday after a night of fierce bombardment as Israel expanded a ground assault on day 13 of the deadliest violence in the enclave in five years.
      

It is perhaps Turkey that has demonstrated the strongest reaction against Israel’s latest operations against the Palestinians in Gaza so far.

All four parties represented at Parliament in Ankara issued a joint declaration on June 18, condemning the attacks on civilians in Gaza and demanding that Israel immediately stop the operation.

Ankara will call for an emergency meeting in the U.N. Security Council, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and U.N. Commission on Human Rights over Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said.

Egypt's foreign minister accused Qatar, Turkey and Hamas on July 17 of conspiring to undermine Cairo's efforts to bring about a ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group and Israel in Gaza, Egypt's state news agency reported.

Turkey and Qatar are forging a plan to produce a truce between Palestinian groups and Israel to end 10 days of violence in Gaza amid additional efforts from Cairo.

Meanwhile, an Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said his country and Hamas “have agreed on a cease-fire” that would begin on July 18, but Hamas denied the report.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has dismissed Israeli Foreign
Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s accusations that Turkey and Qatar attempted to “sabotage” the Gaza cease-fire proposal drafted in Egypt.

“I have never taken the Israeli foreign minister [Lieberman] seriously,” Davutoğlu said on July 17 in a televised interview.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has accused Turkey and Qatar of sabotaging the Gaza cease-fire proposal drafted by Egypt.

Despite warnings from many world leaders, Israel conducted a ground operation in Gaza yesterday, raising the death toll to at least 166 since July 8.

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