CAIRO: Israeli tanks were seen in two Gaza City areas that are gateways to the city center, residents said on Thursday, while Internet and phone lines were cut off across the Gaza Strip, a sign that ground operations were likely to escalate imminently. Israeli forces control Gaza City’s eastern suburbs and in recent days have been pounding the Sheikh Radwan and Tel Al-Hawa areas, from where they would be positioned to advance on central and western areas where most of the population is sheltering. “The disconnection of Internet and phone services is a bad omen.

JERUSALEM: Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City on Wednesday as more people fled the devastated area, and strikes cut off phone and internet services, making it…

CAIRO: Israeli tanks were seen in two Gaza City areas that are gateways to the city center, residents said on Thursday, while Internet and phone lines were cut off across the Gaza…

Israeli tanks pushed into two gateway neighborhoods of Gaza City on Thursday as residents reported a communications blackout across the enclave, signaling...