Gaza is under an almost complete communications blackout, with internet and phone services cut for more than 12 hours by Saturday morning
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“The forces are still in the field and continuing the war,” Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told a news briefing on Saturday morning. The head of the World Health Organization , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the blackout was “making it impossible” for ambulances to reach the injured in Gaza. Israel’s military accused Hamas on Friday of using the hospital as a shield for its tunnels and operational centers, an allegation the group denied.
The spokesperson for the Gaza health ministry said on Al Jazeera on Saturday that the death toll in Gaza had reached 7,703 and that 19,734 people had been wounded. Israel said it had no reports of casualties amongst its troops.Some of the relatives of people captured in Israel during the October 7 Hamas assault demanded an urgent meeting with the Israeli government after what they called “the most terrible of all nights.
There has been growing speculation that a Qatari-brokered deal to release more hostages was imminent but Israeli military spokesman Hagari said Hamas was cynically manipulating the situation. “Their killing, their elimination is a good progress in the stages of war, and gives the forces on the ground a fight against a weaker enemy,” Hagari said.
“In addition to the attacks carried out in the last few days, ground forces are expanding their operations tonight,” he said.
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