Telephone communications and the Internet were restored to various areas of the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Arab World News Agency said that subscribers can now make calls and receive messages on mobile phones, indicating a weakness in the service.

The NetBlocks website confirmed the return of Internet services in Gaza, and said that Internet connections were returning in the Strip after being disrupted since Friday.

Communications and Internet networks had completely stopped in the Gaza Strip since last Friday evening, when Israel began intensifying its air and artillery strikes and attempting to penetrate land into the Strip.