Israel on Friday said Hamas must accept a hostage deal in Gaza or "be annihilated", as US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire agreement was "very close".

In the southern Gaza Strip, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Bani Suheila, east of Khan Yunis. Another was killed, and one injured, in an Israeli airstrike targeting the al-Sikka area in central Gaza.

ABC News takes a look at key dates and developments of Israel's actions in Gaza and the worsening humanitarian crisis since the temporary ceasefire with Hamas ended.

Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours have killed at least 38 people, including children.

It also requested that the Port of Barcelona not dock vessels carrying weapons to Israel.The Hamas terrorist organization issued a statement, commending the Barcelona City Council for cutting ties with Israel and for suspending the partnership with Tel Aviv.

The new operation is intended to bypass both the United Nations and Hamas, but aid groups say even if it works as intended, it is dangerously inadequate.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli strikes killed at least 34 people, local health officials said.

Gaza is the “hungriest place on Earth”, the United Nations has said, as Israel continues to block all but a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering the Strip, where famine stalks the entire Palestinian population,