While Expanding Illegal Settlements In Palestine, Israel Threatens Gaza Will Be Destroyed If Hamas Refuses To Surrender

Nadia (28), a pregnant woman in the Gaza Strip was in refugee camps after being expelled from her home due to an Israeli military invasion. (X @UNFPA)

JAKARTA - Israel's Defense Minister (Menhan), Israel Katz, has threatened Palestinian freedom fighters, Hamas, to immediately lay down arms or Gaza City will be destroyed

Israel's Defense Minister has a far-right political ideology that often uses hyperbolic language and is full of hatred for its opponents, stating that the rejection of Hamas' weapons removal prompted the destruction of Gaza City.

"This is the final warning for the killers and rapists of Hamas in Gaza and in luxury hotels abroad: Free the hostages and place your weapons or Gaza will be destroyed and you will be destroyed," Katz said on his X account.

Katz's tough attitude in this remark is solely because he has received 'fresh air' from the United States (US).

US President Donald Trump is known to have just announced the statement as a "last warning" to Hamas to release the hostages who are still being held in Gaza.

Katz's threat amid Gaza, which was devastated by Israeli attacks, has the potential to get worse with Israel's continued military operation to take over Gaza City completely and the increasingly widespread illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.