Residents of the Gaza Strip were on Friday night suffering the worst night of bombardments in the hands of Israeli Defence Forces, IDF with speculations of the prospect of the ground invasion being very imminent.
Residents told CNN the airstrikes Friday night were the most intense they have experienced since the beginning of hostilities nearly three weeks ago.Jawwal, the Palestinian telecom company that provides mobile service to the Gaza Strip released a statement Friday night, saying “the intense bombardment in the past hour has resulted in the destruction of all remaining international routes connecting Gaza with the outside world” leading to a “complete interruption of telecommunications services.”
A large series of explosions rocked Gaza City Friday night, according to CNN’s Nic Robertson who is reporting live near the Israel and Gaza border.
Robertson reported hearing outgoing tank fire as well as “unusual, intense and sustained” military activity for the past couple of hours.
The IDF has not commented on the uptick in military activity or whether there has been a scaling up of their operations targeting Hamas as to the reason for the increased bombardments of Gaza.
