Palestine Red Crescent: 'We have lost all contact with our teams in Gaza'

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said on Friday it had lost contact with its teams in Gaza after Israel cut all communications, and was concerned whether it could continue providing emergency services.

Here is its full statement: 

"We have completely lost contact with the operations room in the Gaza Strip and all our teams operating there due to the Israeli authorities cutting off all landline, cellular and internet communications.

We are deeply concerned about the ability of our teams to continue providing their emergency medical services, especially since this disruption affects the central emergency number '101' and hinders the arrival of ambulance vehicles to the wounded and injured.

We are also worried about the safety of our teams working in the Gaza Strip as the continuous and intense Israeli airstrikes around the clock indicate that the Israeli authorities will continue to commit war crimes while isolating Gaza from the outside world.

We call on the international community to exert pressure on the Israeli authorities to provide immediate protection to innocent civilians, medical facilities and our teams."