Palestinians are struggling to find friends and family as a growing humanitarian crisis engulfs Gaza.
Gazans searched for loved ones and heard the news of family members killed as communications gradually returned to the enclave on Sunday after a near-total blackout as Israeli troops and armoured vehicles pushed into the Hamas-ruled enclave. The United Nations also warned that Palestinians were desperate for food and that civil order was breaking down after three weeks of war with Hamas militants and a siege on the densely populated coastal strip.
Medical services became so stretched that ambulances were no longer taking calls. People hit by bombings relied on volunteers to take them for treatment. The air strikes focused heavily on areas in northern Gaza, including Gaza City, where ground incursions were taking place. People in the southern Gaza Strip said they heard the explosions and saw the sky light up - but had no means of checking on family and friends in the targeted areas. “Gaza is isolated from the rest of the world.
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