A 'rapid extermination mission' underway in Jabalia refugee camp

The communications blackout Israel imposed in northern Gaza has made it difficult for information about Israeli attacks to leave the area.

Palestinian journalists have described the scenes inside the Jabalia refugee camp, an area currently being sieged by Israel, as apocalyptic.

Journalist Hossam Shabat said that on Friday it felt like "judgement day", adding that Israel's military was undertaking "a rapid extermination mission".

Earlier on Friday, journalist Anas al-Sharif said thousands of families were "trapped between tanks, their gunfire, and heavy artillery shelling".