As Israel continues to bomb Gaza, US diplomat Blinken met with the leader of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes would be able to rule the coastal region after the conflict.

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas was later scheduled to discuss a "push for an immediate ceasefire" in Aqaba, Jordan, with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to the Jordanian royal palace.

The worst war in Gazan history, which began with a Hamas offensive on southern Israel on October 7, has raged for more than three months and killed more than 23,000 people according to their Health Ministry.

Global concern has grown over the escalating humanitarian crisis and Blinken has advocated efforts to lessen the rising civilian death toll, while the US's sustained political and military support for its major regional ally, Israel.

The US secretary of state remarked on Tuesday at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the "daily toll on civilians in Gaza, particularly children, is far too high" due to the Israeli siege.

The Gaza war continued unabated despite the latest round of US crisis diplomacy. The Israeli army claimed to have killed dozens of "terrorists" and hit 150 targets in Gaza's central Maghazi and southern Khan Yunis districts.

Moreover, according to the army, troops discovered 15 tunnel shafts in Al-Maghazi, as well as rocket launchers, missiles, drones, and explosives, and destroyed machinery used to manufacture the rockets fired against Israel.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 70 people were killed and 130 were injured in nighttime attacks on the 2.4 million-person territory, where the UN reported the majority of people are displaced and at risk of sickness and famine.