Gaza's internet outage enters sixth day, longest since war began

Palestinians charge their devices outside the Emirati hospital, amid the ongoing Israeli brutal attacks, in Rafah in southern Gaza. (Photo/Reuters)

A telecommunications blackout in the besieged Gaza has entered its sixth day, the longest continuous outage since Israel started its aggression on the Palestinian enclave, internet monitor NetBlocks said.

"The disruption, now entering its sixth day, is the longest sustained telecoms outage on record since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war," NetBlocks said on Wednesday in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

Palestinian telecoms provider Jawwal blamed Israel's "heavy bombardment" of the territory for a previous blackout.

Humanitarian leaders have said communications blackouts impeded deliveries of aid.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said in November that aid trucks were unable to enter Gaza from Egypt for two straight days due to the near-total communications blackout.

Israeli brutal attacks have ravaged Gaza since Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel towns near the besieged enclave.

Hamas and other Palestinian groups seized about 250 hostages and around 132 remain in Gaza , including at least 27 believed to have been killed.

At least 24,448 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli bombardments and ground assaults, according to Palestinian health officials.

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Source: TRT