and we heard from daniel hajari, the israeli military spokesman, in a live televised address to israelishe said that they were widening their ground operations. he talked about this being what he called a very significant attack against underground networks of hamas, he said, and also terrorist infrastructure, as he described it. now, one of the first signs that something significant was taking place here was that all communications for ordinary palestinians in gaza went dark. there was a complete blackout. and remember, this is on top of more than two weeks of a complete, complete cut of the electricity grid in gaza. now, i mean, i had tried for hours to reach people in gaza. a message i sent at about 640 local time in the evening via whatsapp a message i sent at about 6.40 local time in the evening via whatsapp just remained for hours and hours unreceived by the phone it was sent to. i couldn't get through via mobile phone network, messaging apps to people. there is, it seems, some very limited communications for people in gaza. if they have sim cards from foreign operators, turkish or

. >> an idf spokesman , rear >> an idf spokesman, rear admiral daniel hajari , said admiral daniel hajarid roughly 450 hamas rockets intended to strike israel have fallen short and landed in gaza . fallen short and landed in gaza. here's a clip posted by the israeli government from israeli news channel 12, which appears to prove the point . to prove the point. >> you can show that you can see the rockets. this is the left left red stamp fire over the hospital, which is the right . hospital, which is the right. and you can see the blast. so thatis and you can see the blast. so that is proof of the fact that it came from the gaza strip. the scope appears to show rockets fired from gaza over the area of the al—ahli hospital moments before it exploded . before it exploded. >> gb news has not been able to verify the footage independently. the idf spokesman also read out a translated transcript of an intercepted call between hamas terrorists, in which they discussed the failed which fell short. failed rocket which fell short. the transcript implied the rocket was fired by another palestinian te

. >> an idf spokesman , rear >> an idf spokesman, rear admiral daniel hajari , said admiral daniel hajarid roughly 450 hamas rockets intended to strike israel have fallen short and landed in gaza . fallen short and landed in gaza. here's a clip posted by the israeli government from israeli news channel 12, which appears to prove the point . to prove the point. >> you can show that you can see the rockets. this is the left left red stamp fire over the hospital, which is the right . hospital, which is the right. and you can see the blast. so thatis and you can see the blast. so that is proof of the fact that it came from the gaza strip. the scope appears to show rockets fired from gaza over the area of the al—ahli hospital moments before it exploded . before it exploded. >> gb news has not been able to verify the footage independently. the idf spokesman also read out a translated transcript of an intercepted call between hamas terrorists, in which they discussed the failed which fell short. failed rocket which fell short. the transcript implied the rocket was fired by another palestinian te

rear admiral daniel hajari from the israeli defence force says israel will restore security to its peoplee barbaric and more brutal than isis. let me be crystal clear. israel will respond with determined action and force to their unprovoked war crimes. the days ahead will be long and difficult. we have paid a heavy price, but we will restore security to the people of israel . of israel. >> war journalist yara eid says israel should have expected the attack . attack. >> this attack of hamas was not an unprovoked attack. it did not just come suddenly. you know , just come suddenly. you know, this has been systematically israel is running an apartheid state. let's ignore what's happening in gaza for one second. what about the west bank? how can we justify what's happening in jerusalem? how can we justify killing of worshippers while they're just praying in the aqsa mosque ? how praying in the aqsa mosque? how can justify the imprisonment can we justify the imprisonment of thousands of children ? you of thousands of children? you know, how can we justify the killing of 10,000 palestinians sin