The NetBlox Observatory said yesterday, Saturday, that the Internet has been cut off from the Gaza Strip for more than 48 hours, which is the fifth time that the Israeli occupation has cut off communications since the start of the war on the besieged Strip, according to confirmation from the government media office in Gaza.
The observatory concerned with monitoring access to the Internet around the world added – in a tweet via the X website – that the new outage is the longest since the start of the war last October.
He added that an Internet outage would greatly limit knowledge of what is happening in Gaza, which has been subjected to round-the-clock bombardment for 72 days, which has so far led to the death of nearly 19,000 Palestinians and the injury of 51,000.
⚠ 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
On Thursday, the Palestinian Telecommunications Company announced a complete interruption of all communications and Internet services with Gaza, due to the Israeli aggression against 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 – completely – for the fifth time since the start of the war on the Strip.
The government office added that cutting off communications and the Internet means the occurrence of 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 a comprehensive crime, the purpose of which is to deepen the humanitarian crisis in the Strip.
The Palestinians accuse Israel of cutting off communications from Gaza in order to cover up the massacres it is committing against Palestinian civilians.