Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz threatened Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening with further genocide and the occupation of their lands.

Since resuming its genocide in Gaza on March 18, Israel has killed 830 Palestinians and injured 1,787 others, most of them children and women, as of Wednesday, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

"Residents of Gaza, soon the IDF will operate forcefully in additional areas of Gaza, and you will be asked to evacuate," Katz said in a televised address broadcast on Army Radio.

He continued: "You will lose more land that will be annexed to the Israeli defense system... The plans are ready and approved."

In an attempt to incite against Hamas, Katz called on Palestinians to demand "the expulsion of Hamas from Gaza and the immediate release of all kidnapped Israelis."

Tel Aviv estimates that there are 59 Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip, 24 of whom are still alive. Meanwhile, more than 9,500 Palestinians are languishing in its prisons, suffering torture, starvation, and medical neglect, many of whom have died, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights and media reports.

Katz considered that pressuring Hamas is "the only way to stop the war."

With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving a total of more than 164,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.

This isn't the first time Katz has threatened Palestinians in Gaza. Last Wednesday, he said the army would forcibly remove them from combat zones, that they would "pay the full price," and that "what's coming will be much more difficult."

Israel has been blockading Gaza for the 18th year, leaving approximately 1.5 million of its 2.4 million Palestinian citizens homeless after their homes were destroyed in the war of extermination. The Strip has entered the first stages of famine due to Tel Aviv's closure of the crossings to humanitarian aid.

For decades, Israel has occupied territories in Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, and refuses to withdraw from them and establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, along the pre-1967 borders.