Hamas terror chief KILLED in Israeli airstrike as dramatic footage shows Head of General Intelligence being bombed out

A TOP Hamas terror chief has been killed in a dramatic Israeli airstrike.

Footage shows the bombing in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis the terror group's Head of General Intelligence was targeted in.

The clip shows a huge fireball erupting as giant plumes of black smoke fill the sky.

In a barrage of rocket attacks, Israel's military said it also struck other targets in the territory.

Meanwhile, a Hamas-affiliated radio station claimed Israel today shelled the Rafah crossing - bordering southern Gaza and Egypt.

Thousands of panicked Palestinians have fled to the area in recent days after Israel on Friday morning warned more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population to evacuate their homes.

Families in cars, trucks and donkey carts packed with blankets and possessions were seen streaming down a main road out of Gaza City.

It comes as Israel's soldiers have vowed to "wipe this evil off the face of the earth once and for all" as they prepare to launch a ground offensive on Hamas.

Some of their commanders are pushing to occupy Gaza City for 18 months.

Israel has warned Gaza it is preparing an all-out assault “from the air, land and sea, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling front-line soldiers: “The next stage is coming.”

More than a week after Hamas stormed over the border and turned towns into bloodbaths, he said the nation was approaching a "fateful hour".

With nearly 400,000 troops gearing up for battle, he said: "They are ready to take action to defeat the bloodthirsty monsters who have risen against us to destroy us.

"Hamas thought that we would come apart - we will demolish Hamas."

The threat of all-out ground assault comes as hospitals in Gaza faced collapse Monday as water, power and medicine neared depletion.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians also faced dwindling food supplies as Israel maintained punishing airstrikes in retaliation for last week's deadly rampage by Hamas.

Mr Netanyahu — under pressure from US President Joe Biden — yesterday agreed to restore Gaza’s water supply.

At least 2,778 have been killed and 9,700 wounded in Gaza, according to the Heath Ministry there. 

Meanwhile, more than 1,400 Israelis have been killed - the vast majority civilians in Hamas' assault on October 7.

Two British teenage sisters are thought to be among the missing.

Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, disappeared from Kibbutz Be'eri last week.

Their mum Lianne, who was born in the UK was killed in an attack on October 7.

The Israeli military also said Monday that at least 199 hostages were taken back in Gaza - more than previously thought.

Hamas gunmen caught Israel off guard as they stormed out of the Gaza Strip on motorbikes and even hand-gliders before laying waste to small towns as they began their horror massacre.

Major Nir Dinar, spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces, said: "This is our 9/11. They got us.";