On Friday, the Hamas government claimed that Israel “cut communications and most of the internet” in the Gaza Strip.
The government’s media office accused Israel of taking the action “to perpetrate massacres with bloody retaliatory strikes from the air, land, and sea,” as massive strikes pounded northern Gaza.
Journalists in Gaza acknowledged that they could only communicate in restricted places where they could link to Israeli networks on the other side of the border.
Palestinian telecoms provider Jawwal announced “the total cut of all communication services and internet” in the territory.
“The heavy bombardment in the last hour destroyed all remaining international routes connecting Gaza to the outside world,” Jawwal wrote on its Facebook page.
Global internet monitor NetBlocks reported “a collapse in connectivity in the Gaza Strip with high impact to Paltel,” Jawwal’s owner, citing live network data.
“The company is the last remaining major operator to supply service as connectivity declines amid ongoing fighting with Israel,” NetBlocks wrote on X, formerly Twitter.