
Internet and telephone services were partially restored in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, ending a telecommunications blackout that forced the United Nations to halt the delivery of critical humanitarian aid due to an inability to coordinate convoys.
Meanwhile, an Israeli airstrike hit a residential building on the outskirts of the town of Han Yunis, killing at least 26 Palestinians, according to doctors at the hospital where the bodies of the victims were taken.
Israel at the beginning of the war with Hamas - a Palestinian group declared a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union - has asked civilians to leave northern Gaza, where the Israeli army is conducting a ground attack, but Israel has continued bombing the evacuation zone. in the south, where Han Yunisi is also found.
Israel has signaled plans to expand its offensive in the south as it continues operations in the north, including in Gaza City where its troops are continuing to raid the territory's largest hospital, Shifa, for evidence of a center Hamas commander that Israel claims is under the building. This claim has been rejected by Hamas and the hospital staff, writes Radio Free Europe.
The attack on Han Yunis happened on Saturday morning and hit a residential complex built in recent years with funds from Qatar. In addition to the 26 people killed, 20 others were injured, said doctor Nehad Taeima from Nasser Hospital.
Israel rarely comments on individual attacks, saying only that it targets Hamas and tries to avoid civilian casualties. In many Israeli airstrikes, women and children have been among the victims.
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