'Lord, where do we go?' Gaza's social media voices begin to fall silent | Israel-Hamas war

Communications went dark in Gaza on Friday, but the few voices that emerged described a night of intense airstrikes and panic among a population fearing that the outage signified a new stage in the violence.The social media platform Snapchat has been used since the war began by some Gazans to post images from their lives, with videos showing people in long queues at bakeries or for water, or gathered in crowds at hospitals and schools.The platform has had very little content uploaded since Friday night; the few people still using it had access only via sim cards from other countries.Almaza Owda, a lawyer posting on Snapchat from southern Gaza, wrote a series of posts through the night: “There is no internet for all of Gaza or phone coverage, no messages. They cut us from everything.”“Gaza is in a very, very, very dangerous condition. It’s so dangerous. We are dying in the streets.”“The airstrikes are violent and intense. The first time it’s like this. We are in the street and no one is able to contact the emergency services. There are corpses in the street.”Her posts, which at times read like prayers, were accompanied by grainy photos of the night sky
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