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.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness
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    8 months ago

    Uh… The PLO had a lot of national support for a hot minute there, until Netenyahu just up and shut down the Oslo accords. That’s what made terror as popular in Palestine as it is now; there’s simply no other means of resistance left to them.

    • @Tavarin@lemmy.ca
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      28 months ago

      You mean the PLO who’s second charter was:

      “Palestine, with the boundaries it had during the British mandate, is an indivisible territorial unit”

      They weren’t exactly fans of a two state solution either.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness
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        08 months ago

        Uh… They then recognized Israel as part of the Oslo accords so… Yeah. There goes your excuse.