Internet and communications were cut off in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian telecommunications agency said, Follow our live blog for the latest updates. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
- Israeli forces were engaged in “fierce battles” with Hamas militants deep inside the Gaza Strip, the army said Tuesday, adding that it had struck 300 Hamas targets over the past day and killed dozens of militants. Ground operations in Gaza are primarily focused on the north, including Gaza City, the army said.
- An estimated 800,000 Palestinians in Gaza have fled south, even though Israeli air strikes have pounded the entirety of the besieged enclave. More than half of the territory’s 2.3 million people have fled their homes, with hundreds of thousands sheltering in packed UN-run schools-turned-shelters or in hospitals alongside wounded patients.
- Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing at least 50 Palestinians and a Hamas commander, and medics struggled to treat the casualties, even setting up operating rooms in hospital corridors.
- A World Health Organization official said Tuesday that a “public health catastrophe” was imminent in Gaza amid overcrowding, mass displacement and damage to water and sanitation infrastructure.
- At least 8,525 Palestinians, including 3,542 children, have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7, the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled territory said Tuesday.
04:15am: Internet, phones ‘completely’ shut off in Gaza, says Palestinian operator
Internet and communications were cut off in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian telecommunications agency said.
“To our good people in the beloved country, we are sorry to announce that communications and internet services have been completely cut off in Gaza,” the Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel) said on X.
03:30am: Palestinian telecom says communications, internet services completely cut off in Gaza
Palestine Telecommunication Company, or Paltel, said on Wednesday in a post on messaging platform X that communications and internet services have been completely cut off in the Gaza Strip due to international access being disconnected again.
Paltel is Gaza’s largest telecommunications provider.
03:15am: Suspect in custody for posting online threats about Jewish students at Cornell University
A Cornell University student was arrested Tuesday and accused of posting threatening statements online about Jewish students at the school, law enforcement officials said.
Patrick Dai, 21, a junior from Pittsford, New York, is charged in a federal criminal complaint with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications, according to a joint announcement from the US Attorney’s office, FBI, New York State police and Cornell University Police.
12:30am: Biden and Jordan’s king discussed increasing aid to civilians in Gaza, says White House
US President Joe Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah on Tuesday discussed their shared commitment to increasing aid to civilians in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas conflict, the White House said.
The two men also reiterated the importance of protecting civilian lives and that it was critical to ensure that Palestinians were not forcibly displaced from Gaza, the White House said.
12:00am: Egypt preparing to receive wounded Gazans through Rafah crossing
Egypt is preparing to receive wounded Palestinians from the heavily bombarded Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing for medical treatment, medical and security sources said on Tuesday.
“Medical teams will be present tomorrow (Wednesday) at the crossing to examine the cases coming (from Gaza) as soon as they arrive… and determine the hospitals they will be sent to,” a medical official in Egypt’s city of El Arish told AFP.
Key developments from Tuesday, October 31:
The Hamas-run health ministry said at least 50 people were killed Tuesday in Israeli bombardment of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. Israel’s military confirmed the strike targeted a key Hamas commander linked to the October 7 attack.
France’s foreign ministry said two French children have died in the Gaza Strip and reiterated its call for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel on Friday for meetings with members of the government there and then make other stops in the region, the State Department said on Tuesday amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels said they had attacked Israel on Tuesday, launching “a large batch of ballistic missiles” and “a large number of armed aircraft” at Iran’s regional arch-foe.
Bolivia said on Tuesday it had broken diplomatic ties with Israel because of its attacks on the Gaza Strip, while neighbors Colombia and Chile recalled their ambassadors to the Middle Eastern country for consultations.
Read our blog to see how yesterday’s events unfolded.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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