Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Gaza City, the largest city in the Gaza Strip, would be emptied and its roughly one million residents forced to move south if any Israeli soldier or civilian is kidnapped.
Speaking at a state memorial ceremony for soldiers, Katz also said that Israel would not withdraw from its current positions inside Gaza until Hamas is disarmed and the enclave is demilitarized, including the removal of all weapons and tunnels.
He added that Israeli forces would remain along the "Yellow Line," a deployment line inside Gaza established under an October 2025 ceasefire.
The warning was aimed at "terror organizations and their supporters", including Iran and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It came amid strained ties between Israel and Turkey, which has repeatedly criticized Israel's military operations in Gaza and fully suspended trade with Israel since the latest round of the Palestine-Israel conflict erupted in October 2023.
Ahead of Israel's Oct. 27 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has placed Erdogan in campaign advertising alongside Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah, which Israel identifies as external enemies.
Israel's DM threatens to evacuate entire Gaza City if any Israeli abducted
Israel's DM threatens to evacuate entire Gaza City if any Israeli abducted
Israel's DM threatens to evacuate entire Gaza City if any Israeli abducted
Australian entrepreneur Steven Bai, the co-founder of Sencity, said the well-developed manufacturing ecosystem in Shenzhen, a tech hub in south China, and in the broader Greater Bay Area, has helped his company turn their futuristic visions of AI products into reality.
Bai said Sencity's main product, an AI-powered rubbish bin that encourages people to discard of their litter properly, shows that the potential of AI technology is not limited to apps and screens, and can have an impact on people in their daily lives.
In order to realize that potential, Bai decided to set up shop in Shenzhen.
"Coming from a design background, but also as a person who fascinates about the potential of technology. So when I was in America, we were building a product called the TetraBIN. It was one of the world's first interactive AI trash receptacle during that time. We were trying to bring it into mass production. As a startup company, we had very limited resources. I talked to my partners and talked to my team members. I said, hey, maybe we can go to China," Bai said in an interview with China Global Television Network.
Bai says the scale and speed of high-end manufacturing in Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area is like ''magic''.
"Everything you want to build in the world, you can somehow build it in Shenzhen with a very fast turn-around pace but also minimal optimized cost. So, you can go to Huaqiang North to design your first AI companion devices this afternoon and to have your first small batch units next week and by next month you might be able to ship that to the rest of the world. I think that is the magic of the Greater Bay Area," said Bai.
Bai said that by offering dynamic manufacturing and development hubs like Shenzhen, China is attracting more entrepreneurs from around the world who want to bring their ideas to life.
"Living in Australia taught me how to think and taught me how to see the world from a very creative point of view. But we also need to build the vision. And China was the place that allowed us to bring that initial vision into reality. And the Greater Bay Area was the place where we can get access to the entire ecosystem," said Bai.
Australian entrepreneur says Shenzhen’s manufacturing ecosystem helps develop AI products
