Israel has severed Gaza's access to electricity, food, water, and medicine, prompting calls for urgent intervention from the international community.
Most of the 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip have no electricity and no water - and, with hundreds of Israeli strikes raining down on their tiny enclave, they have nowhere to run. With the strip's only other border blocked by Egyptian authorities, people say they are trapped. The Palestinian territory has been under siege since Saturday, in a near-constant bombardment that Gazan health officials say has killed more than 1,000 people.
Energy cuts mean residents cannot recharge phones, so are cut off from news of each other and events. Data from NetBlocks showed overall internet connectivity in Gaza has slumped since the attack amid Israeli disruptions to power and communications in the region. The lack of electricity has cut off much of the enclave's water supply.
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