The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory.

Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its almost two-year campaign in Gaza, where the military is preparing to conquer the territory's largest city and the United Nations has declared a famine.

Mediators have circulated a draft ceasefire and hostage release deal which has been accepted by Palestinian militant group Hamas, whose October 2023 attack triggered the devastating war. But Israel has yet to give an official response.

On the ground, the Israeli military said its troops were "operating on the outskirts of Gaza City to locate and dismantle terror infrastructure sites above and below ground".

The army's Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, wrote on X that the evacuation of Gaza's largest city was "inevitable".

The vast majority of Gaza's population has been displaced at least once during the war, and aid groups working in the territory consider the plan unrealistic and dangerous.

The UN estimates that........

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