Gaza under longest internet blackout since Oct 7: monitor

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A telecommunications blackout in the besieged Gaza Strip has entered its sixth day, the longest continuous outage since Oct 7, internet monitor NetBlocks has said.

According to AFP, Gaza’s internet services have been constantly disrupted throughout the conflict, now in its fourth month.

“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 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.

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