Trump calls on Netanyahu to strike a deal and end the war in Gaza.

US President Donald Trump called on Israel on Sunday to "make a deal in Gaza" amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire and end the war, while the Israeli military ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday before "escalating the fighting against Hamas."

According to Israeli media, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to hold talks later today "about the progress of the Israeli offensive, during which the military will inform him that the campaign is close to achieving its objectives and warn that expanding the fighting to new areas in Gaza could endanger the remaining Israeli hostages."

In a statement posted on the X website and text messages sent to numerous residents, the Israeli occupation army reissued a widespread evacuation warning to Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip.

Civilians were instructed on Sunday to head to the Al-Mawasi area on the coast in southern Gaza. IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee said in a post on Twitter: "The IDF is operating with excessive force in these areas, and these military operations will escalate, intensify, and extend westward to the city center to destroy the capabilities of the terrorist organizations." He added: "Hamas is bringing disaster upon you. Returning to dangerous combat zones is a threat to your lives."

According to Israeli military sources, the evacuation order included the Jabalia area and most neighborhoods in Gaza City. Medics and residents said Israeli army shelling intensified in the early morning hours of Jabalia, destroying several homes and killing at least six people.

In Khan Younis, in the south, five people were killed in an airstrike on a camp near Al-Mawasi, according to medics. Amid mounting international criticism of the deaths of dozens of civilians at Israeli-backed food distribution centers in the Palestinian enclave, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said late Saturday that his country "stands ready, as does Europe, to contribute to ensuring the safety of food distribution" in Gaza. He added that such an initiative would also address Israeli concerns about the interception of aid by armed groups such as Hamas.

Barrot did not provide any details on how France would help secure the distribution of aid to civilians in Gaza. The escalation of fighting comes as mediators Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, have launched renewed ceasefire efforts to end the 20-month conflict and secure the release of hostages held by Hamas. Interest in resolving the Gaza conflict has increased following the US and Israeli bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, with Trump urging Israel to return to the negotiating table in recent days. Posting on Truth Social in the early hours of Sunday morning, Trump said Israel must "Make a deal in Gaza. Get the hostages back!!!" in what appeared to be pressure on Netanyahu to conclude the ceasefire, which Trump had previously predicted would be concluded within a week.

The post came hours after Trump for the second time called on Israeli prosecutors to close the corruption case against Netanyahu, saying he was now negotiating a deal with Hamas that would include the return of the hostages.

A Hamas official told Reuters that the movement had informed mediators of its willingness to resume ceasefire talks, but reiterated the movement's existing demands that any agreement must end the war and ensure an Israeli withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip.