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Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said Hamas is plotting to kidnap an Israeli soldier and warned that if the group carries out such an abduction, Israel would relocate roughly one million Gazans from Gaza City to the south and raze the city. Katz's warning came alongside Israeli strikes on what the IDF described as Hamas sites, following a bomb attack that hit an Israeli military engineering vehicle. The threat marks an escalation in rhetoric from Israel's government even as ceasefire arrangements nominally remain in place, and comes as eight countries publicly urged Israel to fulfill its Gaza ceasefire commitments, including unhindered humanitarian aid delivery, amid deep concern over continued suffering in the strip.