ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER has told Hamas “It’s over – surrender now” as pictures show dozens more terror suspects being stripped and bundled into trucks.
In a televised address on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu said it is now “the beginning of the end” for Hamas as Israel closes in on its number one target, dubbed the “Bin Laden of Gaza”.
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IDF troops are closing in on Hamas terror cells as they tighten their grip on GazaCredit: Reuters
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Netanyahu calls on all Hamas terrorists to surrender their weapons, asks them not to ‘die for Sinwar’
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Israeli forces capture more terror suspects in GazaCredit: Reuters
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The IDF said it would interrogate anyone who turned himself in with links to HamasCredit: Twitter/MaarivOnline
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Israel is hunting its number one target – Yahya Sinwar – the ‘Bin Laden of Gaza’Credit: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP
Speaking in Hebrew, Mr Netanyahu asked Hamas terrorists to lay down their arms because their end was near.
He said: “The war is still going on, but it is the beginning of the end for Hamas.
“I say to the terrorists of Hamas – it is over.
“Don’t die for [Yahya] Sinwar. Surrender now.
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“Over the past few days, dozens of Hamas terrorists have surrendered to our forces. They are laying down their weapons and surrendering to our heroic fighters.”
The IDF claims that Hamas fighters surrendered near Gaza City in the heavily bombed neighborhoods of Shajaiya and Jabaliya.
Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi told his soldiers last night that the Hamas network is beginning to collapse.
“Every day we see more and more terrorist operatives killed, more and more terrorist operatives wounded,” he said.
“In the last few days, we’ve seen terrorists surrender – a sign of the collapse of the system, a sign that we have to push harder.”
Signs of the possible collapse of Hamas emerged when unverified footage of dozens of “terror suspects” bound, stripped and lined up next to heavily armed IDF soldiers and tanks circulated online.
One barefoot man is seen handing an assault rifle to Israeli soldiers with his hands in the air, while others hold their ID cards behind him.
“Easy, easy,” an IDF soldier yells at a man holding a gun as he walks barefoot through the rubble next to an Israeli tank.
The footage comes just two days after Israel announced it had captured hundreds of Hamas terrorists and released extraordinary footage showing the suspects sitting in the middle of the street – naked, bound and blindfolded.
Hamas claimed all the men were unarmed, innocent civilians, however, Israel said it would interrogate anyone who surrenders to soldiers with potential ties to Hamas.
Meanwhile, Hamas has warned that no hostages will leave Gaza alive until their demands are met.
Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades, said in a separate TV broadcast on Sunday: “Neither the fascist enemy and its arrogant leadership, nor its supporters can take their prisoners alive without exchange and negotiations and meeting the demands of the resistance.”
Meanwhile, Israel’s military says it is closing in on Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar, who they believe is holed up underground in the southern city of Khan Younis.
Last Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that IS had surrounded Sinwar’s house, but that he was not there.
He swore, “He can run and hide, but we will catch him.”
“The Bin Laden of Gaza”, 61, is considered the “mastermind” behind the October 7 attacks, in which the terrorist group killed 1,200 men, women and children.
In an interview with The Sun, IDF spokesman Colonel Peter Lerner said Sinwar was “at the top” of their “kill list”.
“He is the person who financed it [October 7]organized, planned and gave the green light to kill and butcher, massacre, kidnap, rape and behead Israelis.
“He’s at the top of our list. We intend to catch up with him and kill him in action.”
He vowed to root out every terrorist and claimed that Sinwar and his supporters were hiding like “cowards” under Gaza using civilians as human shields.
It comes as a senior defense official claimed that Israel’s military needs at least two more months to complete the first phase of its war against Hamas.
However, official sources in Washington said US President Joe Biden had given Israel only until the end of the year to end its devastating offensive inside war-torn Gaza.
Today, the IDF claimed to have hit 22,000 Hamas targets in Gaza since the start of the war, and 3,500 since the end of their temporary truce with the terrorist group.
Israeli tanks broke into the heart of Khan Younis today in a major new attack.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled to Gaza’s second-largest city to escape the carnage in the north and are now trapped inside the intensifying fighting.
Health authorities in Hamas-run Gaza say Israel has killed more than 17,700 people in its relentless bombing and offensive campaign, including more than 7,000 children.
On Friday night, the US vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, where Palestinians are facing what the UN chief described as a “humanitarian nightmare”.
UN officials have issued an urgent warning that conditions are “hell on earth” with most of the 2.3 million residents without access to food, water or medicine.
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The moment a man surrenders his assault rifle during what Israel claims is a mass surrender of Hamas operatives
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Israeli soldiers operate in Shajaiya district as fighting in southern Gaza intensifies Credit: Reuters
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The US has reportedly given Israel until the end of the month to end its war with HamasCredit: AFP
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Palestinians search for victims after an Israeli airstrike in a still smoldering building Credit: AFP
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Scenes of destruction in southern Gaza as Israel advances its offensive in the southCredit: AFP
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IDF soldiers say they have wiped out half of Hamas commandersCredit: AFP
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