Internet failure in the Gaza Strip provides help lame

Because of the failure of telecommunications services in the competitive Gaza Strip, the United Nations warn of the end of all auxiliary measures. « The lifeline to the emergency services, humanitarian coordination and important information for the civilian population are all interrupted, » said UN spokesman Farhan Haq in New York. « There is a complete internet failure and the mobile phone networks hardly work anymore. »

The failure is due to damage to the last fiber optic cable route that provide the central and southern part of the sealed coastal strip, said Haq. According to experts, it is not a routine interruption, « but a total failure of the digital infrastructure of the Gaza Strip ».

Rescue services cut off

HAQ said that the damage was probably caused during intensive military activities. In an area in which help for the civilian population is already restricted by access restrictions and far -reaching damage, the emergency services are now cut off and the civilian population has no access to life -saving help. The collapse lame the auxiliary measures in the entire Gaza strip.

In addition, the Palestinian aid plant Unrwa had lost contact with its colleagues in the sealed coastal area. « This applies to most organizations – we are largely cut off from our teams on site. »

Last fiber optic network met

Already in the morning, the Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing the Palestinian telecommunications authority, reported that all internet and landline connections had been canceled. The last remaining fiber optic network was hit in an attack.

Since the beginning of the Gaza War more than 20 months ago, such failures in telecommunications supply has always occurred in the coastal strip. The competent authority warned of « the humanitarian and social consequences of the failure » and called for a quick restoration of the care.