China has expressed its opposition to Israel's plan to expand its 19-month-old genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Xiang said at a press conference on Tuesday that his country is closely monitoring the situation in Gaza.

He added that his country hopes that the parties will work together to ensure the continued and effective implementation of the ceasefire and a return to the path of a political solution.

In early March 2025, the first phase of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, which had been in effect since January 19, 2025, concluded. However, Israel reneged on the agreement and resumed its genocide in the Gaza Strip on March 18.

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the security cabinet approved an expansion of the ongoing war of extermination in Gaza, reaffirming Israel's determination to reoccupy the besieged enclave.

Netanyahu said, "There is a plan to evacuate the population of the Gaza Strip," claiming that the goal is to "protect them," without elaborating.

Netanyahu's announcement comes amid mounting international warnings of an impending humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, due to the severe blockade and ongoing genocide that has lasted for nearly 20 months. This has resulted in the deaths and injuries of more than 171,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children, and more than 11,000 missing.