The attacks were the latest Israeli violations of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in Gaza in January, halting Israel’s brutal war, which has killed over 48,500 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and left the enclave in ruins.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the office would carry out the “massive logistical operation” needed to remove Palestinians from Gaza.

Israel carried out an air strike in northern Gaza on Sunday, rattling an already fragile ceasefire as fresh talks in Doha are set to take place on Monday. Israel's military said the air strike targeted Hamas terrorists who "were identified operating in proximity to IDF troops and attempting to plant an explosive device in the ground in northern Gaza.

Two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in Israeli artillery shelling in the Gaza Strip on Sunday despite a ceasefire agreement, medics said. Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces stationed along Gaza’s eastern border fired a shell at a Palestinian crowd in the Sujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City.

Israel ordered an immediate halt to Gaza's electricity supply Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks on the future of