The inhabitants are to be allowed to leave before Israel's planned offensive to take over Gaza City, according to Netanyahu.
Give them the opportunity to leave, first and foremost combat zones but also the area in general, if they want to.
At the same time, the civil defense in Hamas-controlled Gaza reports that the Israeli air strikes against the million-city have become increasingly intense, since Israel decided to take control of Gaza City.
Israel's government has not yet announced any timetable for exactly when the country's forces will occupy Gaza City. But according to the civil defense spokesperson Mahmud Bassal, residential areas have already noticed an escalation.
The neighborhoods of Zeitoun and Sabra have been hit by "very heavy air strikes with civilian homes, possibly even high-rise buildings, as targets", Bassal tells the news agency AFP.
The ground is shaking
The escalation has occurred over the past three days, with "all types of weapons - bombs, drones and high-explosive weapons that cause extensive destruction of civilian housing".
The ground is shaking with every attack, says Majed al-Hosary in Zeitoun to AFP, and testifies that there are dead under the rubble that no one can reach due to the ongoing attacks.
The civil defense reports on Tuesday morning that at least 24 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip during the day, several of them in Gaza City.
More have starved to death
According to health authorities, a total of 89 dead have been reported in the past 24 hours, according to a statement published on Telegram just after 12 o'clock. Among them are 31 people who are reported to have been killed while trying to get emergency aid.
Five people, including two children, are reported to have died as a result of starvation and malnutrition. A total of 227 people (103 children) have thus starved to death in Gaza.
