Netanyahu warns Gaza residents to leave right away

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned residents of Gaza City on Monday to leave now, hours after Israel said it would ramp up airstrikes on the enclave, CBC writes.

“I say to the residents of Gaza, I take this opportunity and listen to me carefully: You have been warned — leave now,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu said forces are organizing and assembling into Gaza City for a ground “manoeuvre.”

Earlier, Israel said it would ramp up airstrikes on Gaza on Monday to serve as a last warning to Hamas that it will destroy the enclave unless fighters accept a demand from U.S. President Donald Trump to free all hostages and surrender.

Residents said Israeli forces bombed Gaza City from the air and blew up armoured vehicles in its streets. Hamas said it was studying the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal, delivered on Sunday with a warning from Trump that it was the militant group’s “last chance.”

“A mighty hurricane will hit the skies of Gaza City today, and the roofs of the terror towers will shake,” Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz wrote on X.