AFP: Israel shelled the northern Gaza Strip, interruptions in the Internet and mobile communications began there

The northern Gaza Strip came under “powerful” shelling from Israel, CNN also reported , citing its correspondents.

“There were strong volleys of tank fire from where we are (the city of Sderot in southern Israel - MZ),” a CNN correspondent describes what is happening near the border . “Volleys after volleys of artillery fire are also flying into Gaza. Multiple explosions were reported in the Gaza Strip and Gaza City."

Shutdown monitoring project Netblocks tweets about internet outages in Gaza. Palestinian telecom operator Jawwal writes about problems with both the Internet and mobile communications due to the shelling.