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Israel issued a last informing connected Wednesday (October 1, 2025) for radical to fly Gaza's main city, arsenic Hamas weighed U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to extremity astir 2 years of warfare successful the Palestinian territory.
Witnesses reported dense bombardment successful Gaza City, arsenic Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said the service was tightening its encirclement of the city.
"This is the past accidental for Gaza residents who privation to bash truthful to determination southbound and permission Hamas operatives isolated successful Gaza City," Mr. Katz posted connected X, informing that those who remained would "be considered terrorists and violent supporters".
Mr. Katz said the subject had seized the Netzarim corridor, linking cardinal Gaza to the occidental coast, efficaciously cutting the northbound of Gaza disconnected from the south.
Anyone leaving Gaza City for the southbound would person to walk done Israeli subject checkpoints, helium added.
Smoke rises pursuing an Israeli subject onslaught successful Gaza City, arsenic seen from the cardinal Gaza Strip, connected Wednesday, October 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP
Closing of past remaining way for people
The announcement came hours aft the subject said it was closing the past remaining way for radical to question from confederate Gaza to the north.
In Gaza City, 60-year-old Rabah al-Halabi, sheltering successful a structure connected the grounds of Al-Shifa Hospital, described relentless explosions.
"I volition not permission due to the fact that the concern successful Gaza City is nary antithetic from the concern successful the confederate Gaza Strip," helium told AFP by telephone.
"All areas are dangerous, the bombing is everywhere, and displacement is terrifying and humiliating," helium said.
"We are waiting for death, oregon possibly alleviation from God and for the truce to come."
Hamas said Mr. Katz's comments were "a prelude to the escalation of warfare crimes being committed by his army".
'Ceasefire astatine immoderate cost'
The International Committee of the Red Cross said intensified subject operations had forced it to temporarily suspend activities successful Gaza City.
Days earlier, the Doctors Without Borders foundation halted its enactment successful the city, wherever immoderate U.N. agencies and assistance organisations inactive operate.
Meanwhile, Hamas was examining a bid program projected by Mr. Trump and backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The program calls for a ceasefire, the merchandise of hostages wrong 72 hours, Hamas's disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
A Palestinian root adjacent to Hamas's leaders told AFP that "no last decision" had been made and that "the question volition apt request 2 to 3 days".
"Hamas wants to amend immoderate of the items specified arsenic the disarmament clause and the expulsion of Hamas," the root said.
They added that Hamas wanted "international guarantees" for a afloat Israeli withdrawal and guarantees Israel would not interruption a ceasefire.
Gaza's civilian defence bureau -- a rescue unit operating nether Hamas authorization -- said Israeli strikes killed astatine slightest 46 radical crossed the territory connected Wednesday, including 36 successful Gaza City.
Asked astir a onslaught connected a school-turned-shelter that the bureau said killed 8 people, the Israeli subject said it had "struck a Hamas terrorist" and that "steps were taken successful bid to mitigate harm to civilians arsenic overmuch arsenic possible".
Media restrictions successful Gaza and difficulties accessing swathes of the territory mean AFP cannot independently verify casualty figures provided by either side.
Fadel al-Jadba, 26, said helium would enactment successful Gaza City.
"We privation a ceasefire astatine immoderate outgo due to the fact that we are frustrated, exhausted, and find nary 1 successful the satellite lasting with us," helium told AFP.
Late connected Wednesday, the Israeli subject said successful a connection that 5 projectiles were launched from Gaza into Israel, 4 of which were intercepted and 1 of which "fell successful an unfastened area".
'Two opinions' successful Hamas
Mr. Trump told reporters connected Tuesday that Hamas had "about 3 oregon 4 days" to judge his 20-point Gaza plan, aboriginal informing the Islamist question would "pay successful hell" if it refused.
A root acquainted with the talks successful Doha said "two opinions beryllium wrong Hamas".
"The archetypal supports unconditional approval, arsenic the precedence is simply a ceasefire nether Trump's guarantees, with mediators ensuring Israel implements the plan," the root told AFP.
"The 2nd has superior reservations regarding cardinal clauses, rejecting disarmament and the expulsion of immoderate Palestinian from Gaza. They favour conditional support with clarifications reflecting Hamas's and the absorption factions' demands."
Hamas's October 7, 2023 onslaught connected Israel resulted successful the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli authoritative figures.
Israel's retaliatory violative has killed astatine slightest 66,148 Palestinians, according to Health Ministry figures successful the Hamas-run territory that the United Nations considers reliable.
Their information does not separate betwixt civilians and combatants, but indicates that much than fractional of the dormant are women and children.
