Communications in the besieged enclave, cut by Israel on Friday, where restored at the Biden administration’s urging, a senior U.S. official said.
, were partially restored Sunday morning at the Biden administration’s urging, according to a senior U.S. official.calls for a cease-fire or humanitarian pause went unheeded as the death toll in Gaza soared past 8,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Wahidi said an Israeli strike on a neighbor’s house killed seven people. He believed scores of people had been killed over the three days in Tal al-Zaatar and more remained trapped under rubble. “We made it clear they had to be turned back on,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations. “The communications are back on. They need to stay back on.”
doctors use flashlights to operate without anesthetics. Many medical staff are apart from their families, having worked around-the-clock for weeks; in some cases, they have discovered their own children among the dead. through the Rafah crossing on Sunday, making 94 since Israel declared a “complete siege” on Oct. 9. Israel said fuel would still be prohibited entry without guarantees that Hamas would not siphon it off.spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday and “underscored the need to immediately and significantly increase the flow of humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of civilians in Gaza,” according to a White House statement.The senior U.S.
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