Israel’s military has claimed it has encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two, as Gaza came under its third total communications outage since the start of the war.

“Today, there is north Gaza and south Gaza,” Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters on Sunday, calling it a “significant stage” in Israel’s war against Hamas.

Israeli media reported that troops are expected to enter Gaza City within 48 hours. Strong explosions were seen in northern Gaza after nightfall.

But the “collapse in connectivity” across Gaza reported by internet access advocacy group NetBlocks.org and confirmed by the Palestinian telecom company Paltel made it even more complicated to convey details of the new stage of the military offensive.

  • BabyWah
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    261 year ago

    No, they’re just going to kill everyone in the north then turn around and attack the south, pressuring Egypt into opening its borders and displacing the rest of the population into the Sinai Peninsula. The blackout is back, so they can kill indiscriminately now.

    Then use Gaza as a neutral zone, something like North and South Korea have to cut off all ties.

    Then it’s just a matter of time to do the same to the West Bank.

    They’re already lobbying the EU and US to put pressure on Egypt to give up the Sinai peninsula (like it’s so normal to give up an entire fucking peninsula). That’s why Sisi said Europe should take in Gazans themselves if they care so much about human rights.

    You know about Netanyahu’s plans we heard about a few days ago and everybody shrugged it off as a 'theory/study? This is exactly what’s happening.

    This also explains why they don’t care about civilian casualties. There will be no Gaza anymore, and the more Palestinians they kill right now, the less future terrorists for them (their opinion).

    • @orrk
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      21 year ago

      they just want an excuse to retake the peninsula