The meeting comes as outrage mounts over this week's deadly Israeli strikes on a southern Gaza hospital that killed 20, including journalists and emergency responders.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene Israel’s top decision-making forum on Tuesday to discuss prospects for a deal to wind down the almost two-year-old war in Gaza, while the army prepares for a final push into the Palestinian territory’s biggest city.

Calls are mounting across Israel for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a deal to release the remaining hostages and end the war in Gaza. It comes as Israel continues its military build up in Northern Gaza.

Tanks late on Tuesday entered into the Ebad-Alrahman neighbourhood on the northern edge of Gaza City and shelled houses, wounding several people and forcing many others, who had been taken by surprise,