Renewed internet blackout in Gaza comes amid round-the-clock Israeli bombardment (French)
The NetBlocks Observatory said on Saturday that the internet was cut off from the Gaza Strip for more than 48 hours, the fifth time that the Israeli occupation has cut off communications since the start of the war on the besieged enclave, according to the government media office in Gaza.
The Observatory for Monitoring Internet Access around the world said in a tweet on the X website that the new outage was the longest since the war began last October.
The internet blackout would significantly limit access to what is happening in Gaza, which has been bombed around the clock for 72 days, so far killing nearly 19,51 Palestinians and injuring <>,<>, he said.
⚠ Confirmed: Live network data show a new collapse in connectivity in the #Gaza Strip; the incident will be experienced as the sixth near-total telecommunications blackout since the start of the conflict, as providers struggle to maintain service amidst ongoing fighting 📉 pic.twitter.com/SY5aYenDVo
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) December 14, 2023
The Palestinian Telecommunications Company announced on Thursday a complete interruption of all telecommunications and Internet services with Gaza, due to the Israeli aggression on the Strip.
The day before yesterday, the government media office in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation army deliberately cut off communications and internet networks for the fifth time - completely - since the start of the war on the Strip.
The government office added that the interruption of communications and the Internet means disasters that threaten the lives of citizens, as the martyrs and injured cannot be reached, which increases the number of victims.
He also described this action by the occupation as an integrated crime, aimed at deepening the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinians accuse Israel of cutting off communications from Gaza in order to cover up its massacres of Palestinian civilians.
Source : Al Jazeera