U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Israel on Sunday as its military intensified attacks on northern Gaza, flattening multiple highrise buildings and killing at least 13 Palestinians.

Rubio said ahead of the trip that he will be seeking answers from Israeli officials about how they see the way forward in Gaza following Israel's attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar on Tuesday that upended efforts to broker an end to the conflict.

His two-day visit is also a show of support for an increasingly isolated Israel as the United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly voted in favour of a non-binding resolution supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly opposes the recognition of a Palestinian state.

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