Internet restored in Gaza after three days, says Palestinian telecom official

Internet is back up in the Gaza Strip, the head of the Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority told AFP on Saturday, after a three-day blackout.

"The network is up now in all of the Gaza Strip," said the telecom agency's CEO Laith Daraghmeh, after the Palestinian Authority's telecommunications ministry had reported internet and fixed-line communications were down as Israeli forces on Thursday bombed Gaza's last remaining fibre optic cable.