Gaza Comms Blackout as Israel Unleash ‘Significant’ Strikes

Gaza has lost all telecoms access in the third total communications blackout of the war as the Israeli army announced that it had surrounded Gaza City and split the territory into two on Sunday.

“Now there exists a south Gaza and a north Gaza," Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement to reporters. He added that Israel continues “significant” strikes across Gaza in the war against Hamas and troops are expected to enter Gaza City in the next 48 hours.

Gaza’s phone and internet connections went down after being cut Sunday, according to the Palestinian telecom company Paltel. The Palestinian Authority blames Israel for the communication outages. Aid agencies have said that the blackouts slow down emergency services and phone calls and also prevent Palestinians from reaching their family and loved ones as the air strikes continue.

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