Prime Minister Netanyahu from Israel ZGT that the new offensive in Gaza will be ‘intensive’. The inhabitants of the Palestinian coastal strip have to leave ‘to protect them’, he says in a video. An army spokesperson later indicated that it is the majority of the population. The scaled offensive of Israel in Gaza could go so far that the entire enclave is taken, an Israeli official reported earlier on Monday. Follow all developments in the Middle East in our live blog.

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