Hawkish Netanyahu calls on Hamas to ‘surrender now’ and warns jihadi group ‘it is the beginning of the end’ – as IDF edges closer to smashing No1 terror target dubbed ‘Gaza’s Bin Laden’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hamas terrorists to “surrender now,” vowing the end of the Islamist group is near.

His stark warning came as the Israel Defense Forces said it was closing in on its number one target: top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

“The war is still going on, but this is the beginning of the end for Hamas. I say to the Hamas terrorists: it’s over. Don’t die for Sinvar. Surrender immediately,” Netanyahu said in a statement.

Sinwar, dubbed the Bin Laden of Gaza, is reportedly hiding at an address in the northwest of Khan Yunis, a southern city surrounded by IDF troops.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hamas terrorists to “surrender immediately”

Israel said more and more Hamas militants were surrendering as ground operations in the Gaza Strip expanded.

The IDF continued its offensive against Hamas on Sunday as dozens more terrorism suspects were pictured tied up, stripped and lined up on their knees.

Footage published by Israeli media showed Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers rounding up dozens of men and transporting them on the back of trucks.

The men are believed to have surrendered in the Jabaliya refugee camp and other areas in northern Gaza, and the Israeli newspaper Walla said they were stripped “to rule out the possibility that they were carrying weapons.”

One video posted on social media showed Palestinian men lined up against the wall.

One man then steps forward to hand the machine gun to the Israeli soldiers, raising his hands in the air, while others behind him hold up their ID cards.