Gaza's Week-Long Communication Blackout Continues Amid Conflict

The blackout, affecting all forms of communication, hampers humanitarian efforts and has resulted in the death of two telecoms workers.

Gaza's communication blackout, the longest of the war, has now lasted one week, preventing humanitarian and emergency services from operating effectively in the territory.
The blackout affects both physical and wireless data connections, as well as mobile phone usage.
Signs point toward physical damage to the fiber lines connecting Gaza to Israel as the cause of the outage.
Two telecoms workers were killed while trying to fix communications lines when a shell struck their company car.
More than 24,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health.