Communications restored in parts of Gaza

Cybersecurity monitoring firm NetBlocks said Sunday that its metrics showed internet connectivity being restored in parts of Gaza after a near-total blackout that it called “the longest on record” since the war began Oct. 7. “Service remains significantly below pre-conflict levels,” it posted on X.

The Israel Defense Forces announced the discovery of one of the largest and longest Hamas tunnels ever found in Gaza. The cement-walled network is 2½ miles long, spokesmen said, and stopped a quarter-mile from the Israeli border, near the Erez crossing in northern Gaza. It is unclear whether the Israelis knew about the tunnel before the Hamas attack on Oct. 7. In a briefing for reporters, the IDF spokesmen said the tunnel supported the attack, but they did not say how.

Munir al-Bursh, director general of the Gaza Health Ministry, said in a phone interview that Israel struck three buildings in Jabalya on Sunday evening. As of 8 p.m. local time, 30 people were dead, 20 were injured and more than 100 were reported to be under the rubble. The IDF did not respond to a request for comment.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society posted a video Sunday night showing what it said was the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Nasser Medical Complex’s maternity ward, located in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. “We call on [the] international community to provide full protection for medical teams and hospitals," the PRCS said on social media. The Post could not confirm the incident. The IDF did not respond to a request for comment.

The World Health Organization said it delivered health supplies to al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza. After most of its staff and patients evacuated in the wake of the IDF’s raid on the facility in November, al-Shifa “needs to urgently resume at least basic operations” as new patients are “arriving every minute,” the WHO said.

At least 18,787 people have been killed in Gaza and 50,897 wounded since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Around 1,200 people were killed in Israel in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.