Al Jazeera’s Safwat al-Kahlout, reporting from Gaza, said the intensity of Israeli air raids in the last couple of hours, coupled with the collapse in communication, is an indication that something “bigger” is about to happen in Gaza.
While air raids continue to hit areas in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya and Beit Lahiya, they have also been targeting the eastern side of Gaza City, al-Kahlout said.
“This is an indication, from our previous experience … either they are preparing for something bigger – could be a ground operation – or that ongoing negotiations to swap the prisoners is about to achieve something.”
People are currently unable to contact each other “to make sure that they are still alive,” al-Kahlout said. “This is the [type of] language that people are using – are you still alive?”
Source: alJazeera