The United Nations, human rights groups and some scholars have condemned the idea of removing people from their homeland in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday backed a proposal by President Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and turn the war-ravaged coastal enclave into a luxury waterfront development—a plan that has drawn international condemnation and could further complicate fragile cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas.

The Israeli military says five soldiers have been killed in an attack in northern Gaza. Health officials in the Palestinian territory say Israeli strikes killed 51 people.

The Israeli army escalated airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing at least 66 more Palestinians, medics said. Four Palestinians were killed in a strike on a displacement tent near the Qatari Committee headquarters in western Gaza City.