Smoke billows following an Israeli strike in Gaza City. AFP
Trump has called on key US ally Israel to stop the fighting in the Gaza Strip as the Palestinian militant group Hamas said it was ready to release all captives and start talks surrounding the plan to end the nearly two-year war.
Turk hopes the momentum from the US president's peace plan will "pave the way for a permanent cessation of hostilities, followed by recovery and reconstruction," his office said on X as it urged a resolution "in line with international human rights and humanitarian laws, and the much needed two-state solution".
He called the plan a "vital opportunity for all parties and influential states to pursue in good faith and stop -- once and for all -- the carnage and the suffering in Gaza, to flood the strip with humanitarian aid, and to ensure the release of the hostages and numerous detained Palestinians."
The proposal details a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the disarmament of Hamas.
The World Health Organization also welcomed the plan, particularly the prospect of reconstructing hospitals.
"The best medicine is peace," the UN health agency's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X on Saturday.
Hamas has indicated its readiness to release all hostages and enter talks to negotiate peace after almost two years of war.
Despite Trump's appeal, Gaza's civil defence agency said Israel carried out dozens of attacks on Gaza City overnight, with nearby hospitals reporting casualties.
"It was a very violent night, during which the (Israeli army) carried out dozens of air strikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City and other areas in the Strip, despite President Trump's call to halt the bombing," spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP.
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