Earlier on Sunday, Israeli planes struck two central Gaza refugee camps, killing at least 53 people.
The Gaza Strip has come under its third total communications outage since the start of the war, while Israel’s military announced it had encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal territory into two.
Earlier on Sunday, Israeli planes struck two central Gaza refugee camps, killing at least 53 people and wounding dozens, health officials said. Arafat Abu Mashaia, who lives in the camp, said the Israeli strike flattened several multi-storey homes where people forced out of other parts of Gaza were sheltering.
Critics say Israel’s strikes are often disproportionate, considering the large number of civilians killed. The UN said about 1.5 million people in Gaza, or 70% of the population, have fled their homes. Food, water and the fuel needed for generators that power hospitals and other facilities is running out. No fuel has come for nearly one month, the UN Palestinian refugee agency said.
In another reflection of widespread anger in Israel, a junior government minister, Amihai Eliyahu, suggested in a radio interview that Israel could drop an atomic bomb on Gaza. He later called the remarks “metaphorical”, but Mr Netanyahu suspended him from cabinet meetings, although the move has no practical effect.
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