Internet and communications were cut off in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian telecommunications agency said, Follow our live blog for the latest updates. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
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Israeli forces were engaged in “fierce battles” with Hamas militants deep inside the Gaza Strip, the army said Tuesday, adding that it had struck 300 Hamas targets over the past day and killed dozens of militants. Ground operations in Gaza are primarily focused on the north, including Gaza City, the army said.
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An estimated 800,000 Palestinians in Gaza have fled south, even though Israeli air strikes have pounded the entirety of the besieged enclave. More than half of the territory’s 2.3 million people have fled their homes, with hundreds of thousands sheltering in packed UN-run schools-turned-shelters or in hospitals alongside wounded patients.
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Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing at least 50 Palestinians and a Hamas commander, and medics struggled to treat the casualties, even setting up operating rooms in hospital corridors.
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A World Health Organization official said Tuesday that a “public health catastrophe” was imminent in Gaza amid overcrowding, mass displacement and damage to water and sanitation infrastructure.
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At least 8,525 Palestinians, including 3,542 children, have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7, the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled territory said Tuesday.
03:30am: Palestinian telecom says communications, internet services completely cut off in Gaza
Palestine Telecommunication Company, or Paltel, said on Wednesday in a post on messaging platform X that communications and internet services have been completely cut off in the Gaza Strip due to international access being disconnected…
Source : france24
