Palestinians bury 54 unidentified bodies in a cemetery in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, after they were returned by Israel under the recent US-brokered ceasefire deal. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu hinted on Wednesday at his opposition to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a mission to monitor a US-backed ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Speaking in Jerusalem alongside visiting US vice president JD Vance, Mr Netanyahu said they had discussed the “day-after” for Gaza, including who could provide security in the territory shattered by two years of war.

Mr Vance, who said on Tues

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