At a news conference after the Israeli army warns Gazans to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion:

“We tell the people of northern Gaza and from Gaza City, stay put in your homes, and your places. By carrying out massacres against the civilians, the occupation wants to displace us once again from our land.”“Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay put as Israel ground offensive looms,” Reuters, October 13, 2023, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-tells-gaza-residents-stay-home-israel-ground-offensive-looms-2023-10-13/#:~:text=Oct%2013%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Mosques,to%20its%20expected%20ground%20offensive.