Internet blackout has lasted more than 144 hours

NetBlocks, a telecommunications watchdog organisation, said that the internet blackout in Gaza has now lasted for 144 hours, or six days.

The blackout has well surpassed the longest since the war in Gaza began, and is the ninth shutdown since 7 October.

“Internet shutdowns are a matter of life and death in Gaza. It is unconscionable to toy with connectivity amidst unprecedented violence and unfathomable human suffering,” Marwa Fatafta, advocacy director at Access Now, said in a statement on Thursday.

“The international community must act now to end the war and internet shutdowns. The silence so far has been glaring.”