A senior Hamas official has urged supporters worldwide to take up weapons and fight plans to displace Gaza’s people, as Israel issued a sweeping evacuation order in the territory’s south, stepping up its renewed offensive, AFP reports.

“In the face of this sinister plan — one that combines massacres with starvation — anyone who can bear arms, anywhere in the world, must take action,” Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement Monday.

“Do not withhold an explosive, a bullet, a knife, or a stone. Let everyone break their silence.”