Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns Israelis to expect a 'long and hard' campaign but stopped short of calling the current incursions an invasion
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The disruption of communications impacted rescue operations as people hit by Israeli air strikes could not call for help. However several Palestinian media outlets reported early on Sunday that phone and internet communications were returning gradually in Gaza. Western countries have generally backed what they say is Israel’s right to self-defense. But there has been a mounting international outcry over the toll from the bombing and growing calls for a “humanitarian pause” to allow aid to reach Gaza civilians and ease the humanitarian crisis.Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centres of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency grabbing flour and “basic survival items”, the organisation said on Sunday.
Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank overnight, the Palestinian health ministry said on Sunday. Israel sent troops and tanks into Gaza on Friday night, focusing on infrastructure including the extensive tunnel network built by Hamas, the Israeli military said. It provided no details on the size of the deployment.
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