More and more Palestinians are calling on Hamas to step down and end the war with Israel that has devastated their home land, with the terror group allegedly executing its critics, according to

Israel says it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the territory’s most populated areas.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Fearing an Israeli onslaught could come soon, some Palestinian families began leaving eastern areas of Gaza City, now under constant Israeli bombardment, for points to the west and some explored evacuating further south.

In leaked audio recordings, the former head of Israeli military intelligence can be heard saying that the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza is “necessary and required for future generations.

"They need a Nakba from time to time to feel the price," former IDF Military Intelligence Directorate chief Aharon Haliva said. Leaked recordings aired by Israel’s Channel 12 captured former IDF Military Intelligence Directorate chief Aharon Haliva arguing that the failures of October 7 require a deep structural overhaul of Israel’s defense establishment.

Libya, South Sudan and Syria are among the countries Israel has spoken to in its effort to move hundreds of thousands from the enclave.

Israel is in discussions with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country, part of a wider effort by Israel to facilitate mass emigration from the territory left in ruins by its 22-month offensive against Hamas.

To me, it felt frightening that we had to reach this moment in the Palestinian struggle,” Khalil said, when asked about what he was thinking on the day of the attack that killed more than 1,000

A Jordanian official told Reuters on Thursday that Arabs "will only support what Palestinians agree and decide on" after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel wanted to hand over Gaza to Arab forces that would govern it.

There's renewed calls for the federal government to speed up efforts to help Palestinians reunite with family members in Canada. As the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, advocates say Ottawa is not doing all it can to help save lives.