Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Gaza city could "turn into Rafah and Beit Hanoun" unless Hamas agrees to Israel's terms.

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has condemned Israel's plan to seize Gaza City as a "full-fledged war crime. " The move was "part of Israel's ongoing policy of genocide and forced displacement" and formed part of a "brutal practice of ethnic cleansing against our Palestinian people,

Israel’s defense minister says Gaza City could be destroyed unless Hamas accepts Israel’s terms. Earlier this week, Hamas accepted a ceasefire proposal by Arab mediators, almost identical to the one Israel accepted before talks stalled last month.