Communication outage by Israel isolates 800,000 Palestinians in Gaza

Israel has isolated approximately 800,000 Palestinians in Gaza from the outside world after completely shutting down communication services, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.

This measure coincided with the advance of Israeli army vehicles into the city's northwestern neighbourhoods, Al Jazeera Arabic quoted the rights body as saying. 

The ongoing bombing and destruction of residential towers and communications infrastructure have caused a complete blackout in Gaza, exacerbating the suffering of civilians, it said. 

Gaza City has been under a complete internet and communication blackout for the second consecutive day, after Israeli air strikes destroyed infrastructure.