He was speaking as the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said the death toll from Israel's assault there had passed 40,000 people.

"I have decided to go to Gaza with other brothers from the Palestinian leadership," Abbas said in an address applauded by Turkish lawmakers.

"I will do that. Even if this would cost my life. Our life is not more worthy than the life of a child," he added.

Abbas, who added a visit to Turkey after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, said the Palestinian people would stand tall despite the Israeli strikes.

"Gaza is ours as a whole. We don't accept any solution that would divide our territories," he told the parliament.

"There cannot be a Palestinian state without Gaza. Our people will not surrender," he promised.

Focusing on the dire situation in Gaza, Abbas expressed frustration with the international community’s silence on Israeli atrocities committed daily against Palestinians in the besieged territory, including the recent massacre at Al-Tabi’een school that killed more than 100 and injured dozens of civilians.

Abbas's address in Ankara comes as Egypian-US-Qatari negotiators met in Doha on Thursday to mediate a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.

It also followed talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the situation in Gaza and came after Abbas concluded an earlier visit to Moscow for similar discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Abbas, who heads the Fatah Palestinian movement, a rival to Hamas, had already visited Turkey at Erdogan's invitation in early March.