The Israeli military ordered Palestinians to
evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday before intensified fighting against Hamas, as US President Donald Trump called for an end to the war amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire.
"Make the deal in Gaza, get the hostages back," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform early on Sunday.
Arab mediators, Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, have begun a new ceasefire effort to halt the 20-month-old conflict and secure the release of Israeli and foreign hostages still being held by Hamas.
A Hamas official told Reuters the group had informed the mediators it was ready to resume ceasefire talks, but reaffirmed the group's outstanding demands that any deal must end the war and secure an Israeli withdrawal from the coastal territory.
Israel says it can only end it if Hamas is disarmed and dismantled. Hamas refuses to lay down its arms.