U.S. presses Israel to reenter Gaza talks, delay offensive

The U.S. has pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay plans for a full-scale ground offensive in Gaza.

That's according to a report in the Jerusalem Post on Sunday that said the request was made to in order to allow ceasefire negotiations and a hostage deal "proceed in parallel with military operations."

With the ceasefire negotiations deadlocked, Israel has intensified its bombardment and ground invasion in Gaza with reports saying that the Israeli army controls over 77-percent of the Gaza Strip.

In Gaza, a four-year-old child died on Saturday due to severe malnutrition, bringing the death toll from hunger-related causes in the besieged enclave to 58.

Nine children were also killed in an Israeli airstrike that struck a family home in Khan Younis on Friday.