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    Gaza's 34-hour phone and internet blackout, as told in voice memos

    Voice memos recorded by NPR's producer in Gaza during a 34-hour communications blackout convey a weekend of anxiety and uncertainty for Palestinians as Israeli ground troops invaded.
    by Anas Baba Oct 31, 2023 3 minutes
    Anas Baba, a producer for NPR, has been reporting on the war from his base in Gaza.

    GAZA STRIP — For 34 hours over the weekend, the Gaza Strip went dark, as Israeli tanks rolled in.

    Phone, cellular and internet services dropped Friday evening, leaving most of Gaza's roughly 2 million Palestinians unable to communicate with each other or the rest of the world.

    Israel sent in ground troops to pursue Hamas in Gaza after the militant group's unprecedented assault on Oct. 7 in Israel killed 1,400 people and took 240 hostages. Israel's response, with airstrikes and laying siege to Gaza, has killed more than 8,500 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials, and left

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