Internet and telephone connections are slowly restarting in Gaza
Internet and telephone traffic in the Gaza Strip is slowly returning. Various media report this. Since Friday, internet and telephone connections have stopped working because everything was down after continuous Israeli air strikes.
Columnist Majed Abusalama of Al Jazeera said he had reached his mother in Gaza by telephone. “Everyone can reach their family. No one knows for how long,” he writes on X, formerly Twitter.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also been unable to contact Dutch people in the Gaza Strip since Friday. “Contact with Dutch people and any family members they may have is via telephone and internet, and there is now virtually no coverage through either channel. We will continue to try to keep in touch.”
Death toll according to Gaza authorities above 8,000, bombardments in north intensify
According to the Gazan Ministry of Health, led by Hamas, at least 8,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war. Half of them would be women and children. Another 7,703 deaths were reported on Saturday morning.
It is difficult to confirm the official figures, humanitarian organizations said. In the past, the figures released by Hamas have proven to be reliable. The UN organizations UNRWA, OCHA and WHO, among others, assume that the data are broadly correct.
According to Al Jazeera More than fifty Palestinians are killed every hour by the constant Israeli attacks.
Over the past hour, Israel has intensified bombardments in the north of the Gaza Strip, particularly near the Jabalia refugee camp. An entire neighborhood was attacked there and dozens of homes were wiped out. It is still unclear whether there have been any deaths. The attacks also continue near the Indonesian Hospital. That is one of the important medical centers in the area.