‘Lord, where do we go?’ Gaza’s social media voices begin to fall silent

Communications blackout cuts off stream of Snapchat updates from residents about life in the conflict
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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.