A few days after Israel began attacks on Gaza, an air strike on Rimal took out the telecommunications company Etisalat’s network in central Gaza, causing a significant internet outage across the city and leaving many of the Strip’s inhabitants with only what data remained on their phones.

Mohammed R Mhawish, stuck inside Gaza, tells Al Jazeera of the terror and frustration of life under internet shutdown.

As the conflict raged on, the communications blackout became a source of intense anxiety for the hundreds and thousands of people like her across the strip as well as their families, friends and colleagues scattered across the globe.

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