BBC reports from Gaza after heaviest Israeli bombing yet

There is panic, fear and chaos in Gaza after Israel intensified its airstrikes in the heaviest bombing of the war to date, the BBC's Rushdi Abualouf in Khan Younis says.

Communications to and from the Gaza Strip have ceased after the internet and phone lines were cut.

Israel says it has also moved to expand its ground operations.

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