Telecommunications are down in the Gaza Strip leaving thousands in the dark as humanitarian aid draws to a halt.
A journalist inside Gaza's biggest hospital Al-Shifa told the BBC that tanks and hundreds of soldiers were inside the complex, which Israel says is hiding a Hamas command centre.
Meanwhile, the United Nations says it will halt cross border humanitarian deliveries today because of the black-out.
President of Médecins Sans Frontières Australia Katrina Penney spoke to Charlie Dreaver.
