Human Rights Watch says that the near-total communication blackout "risks providing cover for mass atrocities and contributing to impunity for human rights violations" and will make it more difficult to "obtain critical information and evidence about human rights violations and war crimes being committed, and to hear directly from those experiencing the violations". (AFP via The Economic Times)
The civil defense service in Gaza reports that Israeli airstrikes destroyed hundreds of buildings and damaged thousands of others in the Gaza Strip overnight. (CNN)
Israeli warplanes bomb 150 underground targets in northern Gaza, including tunnels and underground infrastructure. (Al Jazeera)
Thousands of Palestinians perform the Fajr prayer and stage demonstrations in Nablus, Tulkarem, Jenin and Tubas in the West Bank in a show of support for Gaza. (AA)
Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan calls on Israel to "immediately come out of its state of madness and stop its attacks" on the Gaza Strip, saying that they have "targeted women, children and innocent civilians, deepening the humanitarian crisis". (The Business Standard)
The Egyptian foreign ministry warns of the "humanitarian and security repercussions of the Israeli ground attack" on Gaza, saying that "we hold the Israeli government responsible for violating the United Nations General Assembly resolution for an immediate ceasefire and implementing a humanitarian truce". (Al Jazeera)
Save the Children says that children will "bear the brunt" of Israel's intensified attacks on the Gaza Strip and that in the event of a full ground incursion, more than one million children's lives, nearly half of the 2.3 million population of Gaza, will be affected. (Scoop)