JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister has outlined plans to pack hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a closed zone of the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt, according to local media reports.

Israel Katz tells Israeli media the so-called "humanitarian city" in Rafah will eventually house 2.1 million Palestinians.

Israel has announced plans to displace Gaza's entire population into a controlled camp zone in the ruins of Rafah, prompting condemnation from experts. Talks continue over a possible ceasefire as Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington for talks with Donald Trump.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Five Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in Gaza, the Israeli military said Tuesday, while health officials in the Palestinian territory said 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes.

Five Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip, the military said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest days for Israeli forces in the Palestinian territory this year.

At least 13 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured on Tuesday in new Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, officials, sources and Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Four Palestinians, including an infant, were killed when an Israeli aircraft struck a house in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, Al-Shifa Hospital said.