With Gaza under a total communications outage, it is difficult to confirm the Israeli army’s announcement.

Israel’s military has claimed it has encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two, as Gaza came under its third total communications outage since the start of the war.

“Today, there is north Gaza and south Gaza,” Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters on Sunday, calling it a “significant stage” in Israel’s war against Hamas.

Israeli media reported that troops are expected to enter Gaza City within 48 hours. Strong explosions were seen in northern Gaza after nightfall.

But the “collapse in connectivity” across Gaza reported by internet access advocacy group NetBlocks.org and confirmed by the Palestinian telecom company Paltel made it even more complicated to convey details of the new stage of the military offensive.

    • okamiueru@lemmy.worldEnglish
      84·
      1 year ago

      I sometimes wish I could be this disconnected from reality or empathy, or perhaps both. It would likely suck for everyone around me, so, I guess I’ll suffer through.

        • Kedly@lemm.eeEnglish
          82·
          1 year ago

          Because those with empathy wouldnt wish the success of a genocide

        • okamiueru@lemmy.worldEnglish
          83·
          1 year ago

          Aren’t you saying that you wish Israel could hurry up its process of killing 2.2 million people of which half being children?

          What is the limit of this “quick success” you are hoping for?

            • okamiueru@lemmy.worldEnglish
              62·
              1 year ago

              It’s a de-facto open air prison, which they have cut off fuel supply to, and now designated about half of it an “evacuation zone”. They destroy on average 12 buildings per hour. They’ve killed 4.4k children since October 7th. What… Exactly do you think is going on there? The defense minister of Israel also said they want to install a new “security regime” in Gaza.

              It doesn’t take a lot of datapoints over the last 75 years to see where this is going.

              • Shardikprime@lemmy.worldEnglish
                14·
                1 year ago

                Yeah normal able minded people don’t do this. You need a special kind of people, like leftists

            • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              And the world will just watch as this campaign of ethnic cleansing continues

              Watching and hoping them quick success

              When you say you hope for quick success in the ethnic cleansing, people are going to interpret that as you hoping for quick success in the ethnic cleansing