JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence minister instructed Hamas on Monday (Sep 8) to put down its arms or face annihilation, after US President Donald Trump mentioned the militant group should settle for a deal to launch hostages in Gaza.
In Israel-annexed East Jerusalem, gunmen opened fireplace at a bus cease and killed 5 individuals, in accordance with Israel’s emergency service, in one of many deadliest incidents of its type because the warfare in Gaza started.
In Gaza Metropolis, the civil defence company mentioned Israeli assaults killed 10 individuals in a single day, after at the very least 48 others have been killed throughout the territory on Sunday. AFP has contacted the Israeli army for remark.
Hamas, whose unprecedented October 2023 assault on Israel sparked the warfare, mentioned shortly after Trump’s feedback that it was prepared for fast talks.
“It is a ultimate warning to the Hamas murderers and rapists in Gaza and in luxurious motels overseas: Launch the hostages and put down your weapons – or Gaza will probably be destroyed and you’ll be annihilated,” Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz mentioned on X.
Israel has stepped up operations, levelling high-rise buildings in Gaza City which it has vowed to seize, regardless of mounting worldwide strain to cease the warfare.
In Gaza Metropolis on Monday, bereaved father Issa Suleiman carried the physique of his one-year outdated son, wrapped in a white shroud.
“We have been sleeping within the tent with my three kids and my spouse,” he instructed AFP, including that 5 of his neighbours have been killed and several other severely injured, together with his spouse and mom.
