Israel threatened Gaza on Monday with intensified airstrikes in a "mighty hurricane," warning Hamas to release all hostages and surrender as demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump or face the enclave's destruction.
Residents said Israeli forces bombed Gaza City from the air and blew up armored vehicles in its streets. Hamas said it was studying the latest U.S. cease-fire proposal, delivered Sunday, with a warning from Trump that it was the resistance group's "last chance."
"A mighty hurricane will hit the skies of Gaza City today and the roofs of the ... towers will shake," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote on X.
"This is a final warning to ... Hamas in Gaza and in the luxury hotels abroad: Release the hostages and lay down your weapons – or Gaza will be destroyed, and you will be annihilated," he wrote.
Katz's post appeared before reports of a shooting at a bus stop in Jerusalem that killed six people. Hamas praised the attackers.
