Defense Minister Israel Katz called on Palestinians to “remove Hamas and release all the hostages” before the military further expands its operations in the Strip. “This is the final moment to remove Hamas and release the hostages and bring about an end to the war,” Katz said in a statement. “Intensive IDF activity will soon expand to additional places in most of Gaza, and you will have to evacuate the combat zones.”
Also on Saturday, three rockets launched from Gaza at the border community of Nir Yitzhak were intercepted by air defenses, the military said. The rocket fire set off alerts in open areas but not in any towns. No one was hurt. In response to the rocket fire, the IDF issued an evacuation order for Palestinians in the Khan Younis area. In a post on X, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, Col. Avichay Adraee, published a map of the area to be evacuated, saying that it was a “final warning” before the IDF carried out strikes there. (Read More)
