DaysofPal – The Government Media Office in Gaza has condemned the Israeli occupation for cutting off communications and internet services in the Gaza Strip for the tenth time since the start of the ongoing genocide. The office described this as a deliberate attempt to obscure the truth and intensify the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza.
In a statement released on Monday and received by Safa News Agency, the media office asserted that Israel continues to escalate its crimes against more than 2.4 million Palestinians by systematically severing communication and internet networks. This blackout, they emphasized, is not a technical failure or random outage—it is a calculated and premeditated crime.
“This communications blackout is part of the broader genocidal campaign that has relentlessly targeted the civilian population in Gaza for over 20 months,” the statement read.
The office warned that the goal of this blackout is clear: to isolate Gaza from the outside world, silence the voices of its people, and prevent them from accessing even the most basic tools of safety, communication, and emergency assistance. It has paralyzed the work of medical and rescue teams, leaving the wounded and dying without aid, often for hours or even days.
By cutting off Gaza’s digital lifeline, the Israeli occupation seeks to hide its atrocities in bombarded and devastated neighborhoods, the office added. This tactic, they said, deepens the humanitarian disaster and obstructs the media from reporting the reality on the ground—turning every moment of silence on the networks into a potential death sentence for innocent civilians.
The media office strongly condemned the blackout as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and a chilling example of how technology is weaponized to suffocate an entire population. “This is not just a war on people—it is a war on truth,” the statement noted.
The Government Media Office placed full responsibility for the blackout on the Israeli occupation. It also held the United States and the broader international community politically and morally accountable for their complicity, continued support for Israel, and deafening silence in the face of repeated violations of humanitarian norms.
Finally, the statement called on the United Nations, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and all relevant global bodies to take immediate, concrete action to end this technological siege. It urged them to pressure Israel to permanently and reliably restore communication and internet access to the Gaza Strip—before more lives are lost in silence.
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