Israel wages ground campaign in Gaza, communications blackout eases
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- Israeli forces expand ground operations and airstrikes in Gaza, targeting Hamas military sites; communications partially restored after a day-long blackout.
- Israeli Defence Ministry coordinates with Palestinians for a "humanitarian zone" in Gaza, promising increased aid; international calls for a "humanitarian pause" grow.
- Over 8,000 Palestinians reported killed in Israel's campaign; living conditions for displaced Palestinians described as dire.
- Global reactions include support for Israel's right to self-defence from Western countries, and large pro-Palestinian rallies; EU and WHO express concern over humanitarian access and hospital safety.
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Telephone and internet communications were partially restored in Gaza on Sunday after a more than day-long blackout that had badly impacted rescue operations as Israel pounded targets of the militant Hamas group that controls the territory.
"Israel cut us off from the world in order to wipe us out, but we are hearing the sounds of explosions and we are proud the resistance fighters have stopped them at meters distance," said Shaban Ahmed, a public servant who stayed in Gaza City despite an Israeli warning to evacuate south.
With supplies of food, water and medicines running low, thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centres of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) grabbing flour and "basic survival items", the organisation said on Sunday.
"This is the second stage of the war whose goals are clear - to destroy Hamas' governing and military capabilities and to bring the hostages home," Netanyahu told a news conference.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on social media platform X that the Palestinian Red Crescent report was "deeply concerning", adding it was impossible to safely evacuate hospitals full of patients.
Israel sent troops and tanks into Gaza on Friday night, focusing on infrastructure including the extensive tunnel network built by Hamas, the Israeli military said.
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