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Telecommunications cut off in Gaza after fuel runs out amid Israeli siege

A Palestinian boy charges a mobile phone from batteries offered as a free service in his Gaza neighbourhood as it experiences power shortages [File: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

Palestinian telecommunications companies Jawwal and Paltel say their network went out of service in the Gaza Strip because fuel deliveries are not being allowed into the besieged territory.

The companies wrote in statements on X on Thursday: “All energy sources sustaining the network have been depleted.” They had warned a day earlier that Gaza was facing a “complete blackout” due to a lack of fuel to operate main data centres and switches.

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