India, Sept. 8 -- In a big "final" warning to Palestinian militant outfit Hamas, Israel defence minister said on Monday "a powerful hurricane will strike the skies of Gaza City and the roofs of the terror towers" if the group does not surrender, release hostages and lay down weapons.

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz warned Hamas in a post on X that it will be "annihilated" if it does not surrender.

"This is a final warning to the murderers and rapists of Hamas in Gaza and in luxury hotels abroad: Release the hostages and lay down your weapons-or Gaza will be destroyed, and you will be annihilated," Israel Katz said in the post on X.

"The IDF continues as planned-and is preparing to expand the maneuver to decisively defeat Gaza," he...