U.S. and Arab mediators are working round-the-clock to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, sources close to the talks said, while in the Gaza Strip medics said Israeli strikes had killed 41 Palestinians on Thursday.

Israel’s military said it carried out strikes and raids against Hamas targets in northern Gaza on Sunday. The actions followed days of deadly attacks across the territory.

The Israeli military said on Thursday that it has again killed several Hamas militants in Gaza City. A head of Hamas' weapons production department and a company commander of the militia were killed in a targeted airstrike on a former school building in Gaza City,

Israeli strikes in Gaza left 77 people dead over 24 hours, the Gaza civil defense force said early Friday. More strikes followed.