The Gaza Strip is experiencing a severe communication crisis as it enters its second week of a near-total phone and internet blackout. Residents are turning to a lesser-known technology, eSIM cards, as an alternative means of maintaining contact with the outside world. The blockade, imposed by Israel, has left many Palestinians without internet or telecommunications services, with the Palestine Telecommunications Company reporting the tenth outage due to Israeli actions. Palestinians are struggling to find a signal to speak to loved ones and stay informed. The situation is exacerbated in Khan Younis, where Israel has intensified its attacks, and the lack of communication is hindering ambulances or civil defense teams from reaching injured civilians, resulting in hundreds being trapped under rubble. Palestinians claim the blackout is deliberate.
🚨As #Gaza faces its tenth telecommunications, Israel escalates attacks on Khan Younis. During blackouts, people in Gaza cannot contact ambulances or civil defense teams, which thus face extreme difficulties in reaching injured civilians, leaving hundreds trapped under rubble. https://t.co/CJ3ihZo8nj
🚨As Gaza faces its tenth telecommunications, Israel escalates attackson Khan Younis. During blackouts, people in #Gaza cannot contact ambulances or civil defense teams, which thus face extreme difficulties in reaching injured civilians, leaving hundreds trapped under rubble. https://t.co/CJ3ihZo8nj
Breaking | The Palestine Telecommunications Company announces that the internet in Gaza has experienced its tenth outage due to Israeli aggression. https://t.co/HZGTb6IpJr
Palestinians in Gaza have little way of communicating with those in the outside world amidst an Israel-imposed communications blackout. For days, those without international sim cards have had no internet or telecommunications services. Palestinians say this is a deliberate… https://t.co/6s6qtQpOXt
As Israel continues to besiege Gaza, citizens attempt to find locations, where they can get a signal to speak to their loved ones and know the latest news. https://t.co/kNAJtrUrZY
As the Gaza Strip enters its second week of a near-total phone and internet blackout, some people in the war-torn enclave are using a lesser-known technology — eSIM cards — as a last grasp at contact with the outside world. https://t.co/NniVUXSEYA