Israel intensified its raids on the northern Gaza Strip and various areas, while the Internet witnessed widespread outages in the Strip, amid fears that an Israeli ground invasion of the Strip would begin at any moment.

Media sources reported that the Gaza Strip is witnessing the heaviest bombing since the beginning of the war.

Palestine TV also reported that the Gaza Strip is witnessing an unprecedented Israeli bombardment at sea, land and air.

The Palestinian Information Center said on Friday that communications and Internet services were completely cut off in the Gaza Strip.

But local websites quoted local sources as saying that telecommunications network and Internet services had been cut off in new large areas of the Gaza Strip.

The bombing of Ashkelon

On the other hand, the Al-Qassam Brigades fired a barrage of rockets towards Ashkelon, where sirens sounded. The rockets also targeted Tel Aviv and central Israel.

While Iron Dome intercepted a number of missiles over Tel Aviv, according to Al Arabiya/Al Hadath correspondent.

Israel continues to bomb the Gaza Strip for the twenty-first day in a row after a surprise attack launched by Hamas and Palestinian factions on Israeli towns and camps on October 7th.