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Air strikes pummel Gaza, severing phone and internet services
27 October 2023 22:27 BST
After hours of intense Israeli bombardment, information coming out of Gaza has been reduced to a trickle, leaving Palestinians in Gaza silenced.
Middle East Eye lost all contact with its staff inside the enclave as explosions from Israeli air strikes lit up the sky over Gaza City.
The Palestinian phone service provider, Paltel, said in a statement that the relentless bombardment had destroyed "all remaining connections between Gaza and the outside world”, leading to the complete interruption of communications services.
The service outage comes as Palestinians brace for an anticipated Israeli ground invasion of Gaza.
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