“The Israeli occupation army has dropped more than 18,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip since its aggression started 24 days ago,” the Government Media Office in Gaza said in a Monday statement.

It added that 10,000 people have been either killed or are still missing as a result of the intensive bombardment by the regime, which has caused large-scale devastation as well.

The office noted 50 tons of explosives have been dropped on every kilometer in Gaza Strip so far.

Israel waged its bloody war on the Gaza Strip on October 7 after Palestinian resistance movements based there launched a surprise attack, dubbed Operation al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

Since the start of the war, the Israeli regime has been committing war crimes in Gaza, killing more than 8,300 Palestinians, most of them women and children.

It has also imposed a complete siege on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to more than two million Palestinians living there.

The document published on Monday by WikiLeaks on its official page on the social media X showed that the Israeli officials were in favor of forced displacement of civilians from Gaza to North Sinai because of the “positive and long term strategic results” the strategy could entail.

WikiLeaks said the document had been issued by Israel’s ministry of intelligence on October 13, nearly a week after the regime launched a brutal military campaign against Gaza in response to attacks by Gaza-based resistance movement Hamas.

The advisory document said forced displacement of people from Gaza to Sinai could take place in three stages in which tent cities are built in the desert region before a humanitarian corridor is opened to allow the Gazans flee from a territory which is under attacks and a siege by Israel.

A final stage of the plan would entail construction of cities in North Sinai to prevent a return of the displaced Palestinians to Gaza.

Parts of the text of the document, which is in Hebrew, said Israel should urge the international community to join and support the plan while launching a targeted campaign for residents of Gaza to “encourage them to agree to the program.”

The document recommended the so-called security apparatus of the Israeli regime to carry out a full transfer of more than 2.3 million people in Gaza to Sinai, adding the option would be the best of three alternative strategies to deal with the future of the Palestinians living in Gaza.

Arab countries have previously warned that an influx of Palestinian refugees fleeing the war would be unacceptable because it would amount to the expulsion of Palestinians from their land.

More than 8,000 people have been killed in over three weeks of Israeli assaults on Gaza.

Hamas Spokesman Hazem Kasem told Al Jazeera the movement is ready to release all the prisoners held by it in exchange to all those held by Israel.

The spokesman also noted that Hamas is hoping to “cope with the current battle, relying on its own forces and the Palestinian people’s ability to resist”.

There are 19 prisons within Israel and one inside the occupied West Bank that hold thousands of Palestinian prisoners.

The Axios website reported citing sources, director of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency David Barnea visited Qatar over the weekend and met with the country’s top officials to discuss steps to free more than 235 hostages in the Gaza Strip,

According to Axios, Barnea’s trip to Qatar came after Israel decided to expand its ground operation. Two sources claimed that the talks were constructive but did not lead to a breakthrough, according to the website. A third source told Axios that progress had been made.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Monday at least 33 children are being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

“Hamas is holding over 200 Israelis hostage, including 33 children. Holding them, terrorizing them, keeping them as hostages,” he told a press conference.

“Every civilized nation should stand with Israel in demanding that these hostages be freed immediately and freed unconditionally,” he added.

Families of hostages held in Gaza say they told Netanyahu they would only accept an “everyone in return for everyone” deal, which would secure the immediate release of all hostages.

Several Western countries and families of those held have reportedly pressured Israel to delay a ground attack into Gaza in the hope more can be freed.

The ongoing crisis in the Middle East started with a “terrorist attack” on Israeli civilians, Putin noted. However, instead of “punishing” those behind it, Israel “unfortunately” opted for “vengeance” and assigned “collective responsibility” for it.

The major escalation between Hamas and Israel began on October 7 with a surprise attack launched by the Palestinian group. Israel responded with massive aerial and artillery bombardment of Gaza, which has already resulted in widespread destruction and heavy civilian casualties in the enclave.

More than 8,000 Palestinians, including over 3,000 children, have been killed, according to local health authorities. Women and children constitute about 70% of those killed in the Gaza Strip since the escalation.

In Israel, more than 1,400 have been killed during the conflict, according to the IDF.