A blackout of internet and phone services is now occurring across Gaza. The services have collapsed due to a lack of fuel in the area, says the main telecom provider. Israel refuses to let fuel into Gaza to repair the services, leaving their recovery uncertain. Israeli troops for a second day searched Al Shifa Hospital in the north for traces of Hamas. Lack of fuel brought down the internet and phone network, and it can't be restarted unless Israel lets in fuel, said Palnet, the main Palestinian telecoms provider.

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Persons: —, Yehudit Weiss, Weiss, Israel, Al Shifa, Palnet Organizations: Service, Hamas, Al, Hospital, Food, Israel Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza's, Shifa, Egypt