JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he had ordered the military to "carry out powerful attacks" in Gaza after accusing the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire agreement in the Palestinian territory.

Since an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal came into effect, the U.S. effort to sustain it appears to have constrained Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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It remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops while Israel has expressed concerns about the make-up of the force.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Jerusalem on Thursday to address issues regarding the Gaza cease-fire.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the country's military to launch "powerful" airstrikes on Gaza on Tuesday, imperiling the ceasefire.

An apparent effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen dangling from a construction crane in north-eastern Turkey has caused outrage in Israel. Photos published by the pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak showed a figure hanging from a crane in the Black Sea city of Trabzon.

A delegation of high-level US officials were recently sent to Israel to try to hold the fragile Gaza truce together. The Israeli press called them the 'BibiSitters,' a nod to the Israeli prime minister's nickname.