Israel issues 'last' warning for Gaza City residents to flee

HAMAS WANTS TO AMEND DISARMAMENT CLAUSE IN TRUMP'S PEACE PLAN

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Children cry after an Israeli strike hit a tent used by displaced Gazans inside the grounds of the Shuhada Al Aqsa (Aqsa Martyrs) Hospital in Deir el Balah in the central Gaza Strip yesterday.

(AFP)

Israel’s defence minister issued a final warning for Gaza City residents to flee south yesterday, as Hamas weighed US President Donald Trump’s plan to end nearly two years of war in the Palestinian territory.

Witnesses reported heavy bombardment in Gaza’s largest urban centre, as Israel Katz warned the military was tightening its encirclement of the city.

“This is the last opportunity for Gaza residents who wish to do so to move south and leave Hamas operatives isolated in Gaza City,” Katz posted on X, adding that those who remained would “be considered terrorists and terrorist supporters”.

Katz said the military had captured the Netzarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip through to the western coast, a move he said cut the north of Gaza off form the south.