Netanyahu meets troops on the Gaza border and declares that "the next stage is coming" in the Israel-Hamas conflict

 Netanyahu meets troops on the Gaza border and declares that "the next stage is coming" in the Israel-Hamas conflict

Visits defense troops outside of Gaza by Israel's PM, who predicts the next phase. Israel offers a window for inhabitants in Gaza to leave, igniting talk of a ground invasion. In the meanwhile, Palestinians in Gaza fight to leave as the water situation increases ahead of an anticipated ground invasion.

According to a statement from his office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli military personnel on Saturday outside the Gaza Strip. "You ready for the next stage?" Prime Minister Netanyahu asked the military troops. The next phase is approaching.

Israel recently gave Gazan citizens a six-hour opening on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to leave the northern part of the Gaza Strip. fueling rumors of a forthcoming ground assault.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Israeli soldiers gave them a deadline to leave their Al Quds hospital earlier today. Although it was subsequently extended from its original schedule of 6 a.m. today, the hospital was unable to be safely evacuated and was forced to continue treating the ill and injured, it added.

After Israel cut off the flow of supplies to the area ahead of an anticipated ground offensive a week after Hamas' violent, extensive strike into Israel, Palestinians battled Saturday to leave from regions of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while dealing with a mounting water shortage.

While Hamas advised Palestinians to remain in their homes, Israel continued to push inhabitants of Gaza to migrate south on social media and in leaflets that were dropped from the sky.

Furthermore, according to Hamas, Israel has started hitting Palestinians who are trying to escape into South Gaza.

A total of 1.1 million people, or almost half of the territory's population, are subject to the evacuation order. In response to the warning, "hundreds of thousands" of Palestinians, according to the Israeli military, have already left towards the south.

As Israel continues its attacks across the region, particularly in the south, the withdrawal of the Israeli troops would compel the whole population to squeeze into the southern half of the Gaza Strip. 

The Gaza Health Ministry said on Saturday that 2,200 people have died in the region, including 458 women and 724 children. According to the Israeli authorities, at than 1,300 Israelis were murdered as a result of the Hamas attack, the majority of them civilians, and some 1,500 Hamas fighters were also slain.