Israel Gaza live news: Connectivity returning to Gaza as Israel says war now in second stage – BBC News
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- Phone lines and internet connections are slowly returning to Gaza, its main telecommunications company has confirmed
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel’s ground operation in Gaza marks the “second stage” of what he says will be a “long and difficult” war with Hamas
- Speaking in a televised address, he confirms Israeli commanders are deployed “all over the Gaza Strip” as heavy bombing continues
- Leaflets have been dropped over Gaza City warning residents the area is now a “battlefield” and they must leave for the south
- Turkey’s leader accused Israel of war crimes – Netanyahu responded angrily by pulling out diplomats and saying the IDF was a “moral army”
- Israel has been bombing Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people and saw 229 people kidnapped as hostages
- The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 8,000 people have been killed since Israel’s retaliatory bombing began
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