In a statement, the union also denounced the Israeli attacks against communication facilities which have caused the cessation of telephone and internet services in the coastal enclave since last night.

The raids seek to silence and conceal the army’s crimes in the territory, the organization stressed.

We hold the occupation authorities fully responsible for the lives of our colleagues and urge the United Nations, its agencies and all human rights organizations to intervene to stop this war, it said.

The Israel Defense Forces said yesterday that they could not guarantee the lives of journalists working in Gaza.

According to Palestinian sources, 25 journalists have been killed by bombs since the beginning of the new cycle of violence.

The Palestinian Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ishaq Sidr, denounced this morning the collapse of internet and telephone service in the Strip.

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