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'We have no idea what's happening,' journalist in Gaza says

28 October 2023 00:20 BST

In a recording of a phone call from a journalist stationed at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza on Friday, he says they're "cut off from everything".

According to Mohammed el-Kurd, who translated the phone call on X, the journalist is able to make a call because of data roaming on a Turkish SIM card.

In the phone call, which is in Arabic, the journalist says: "We have no idea what's happening. There's no connection, no Wi-Fi, no reporters. We're cut off from everything. People can't call ambulances or civil defence.

"We are being bombed in an unprecedented manner. The sky around us just lights up [with explosions], and no one knows what's going on. You can't reach anyone, even if they're only 500 meters away.

"Ambulances and medics are begging reporters to let them know which streets are getting bombarded to go rescue the victims, but the reporters themselves don't know where anything is happening [because of the connection loss].

"We are trying to report the news but we have no idea what's happening."