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Paltel, Jawwal Warn of Imminent 'Telecom Blackout' in Gaza due to Lack of Fuel

A truck loaded with Qatari-bought fuel arrives at Gaza main power plant in the central Gaza Strip October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
A truck loaded with Qatari-bought fuel arrives at Gaza main power plant in the central Gaza Strip October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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Paltel, Jawwal Warn of Imminent 'Telecom Blackout' in Gaza due to Lack of Fuel

A truck loaded with Qatari-bought fuel arrives at Gaza main power plant in the central Gaza Strip October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
A truck loaded with Qatari-bought fuel arrives at Gaza main power plant in the central Gaza Strip October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Gaza’s two main telecommunications companies Paltel and Jawwal warned on Wednesday of a “complete telecom blackout in the coming hours” in the Gaza Strip.

“Main data centers and switches in the Gaza Strip are gradually shutting down due to fuel depletion,” the companies said in a joint statement.

Paltel had earlier warned on Wednesday that its services across the Gaza Strip are expected to be suspended within hours only.

"All generators operating in the main exchanges in the Gaza Strip have stopped due to the exhaustion of fuel... which will lead to the suspension of all telecommunications services within the next few hours."

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Red Cross Gravely Concerned for Nine Missing Medics in Gaza

A Palestinian woman walks near the rubble of houses, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 29, 2025. (Reuters)
A Palestinian woman walks near the rubble of houses, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 29, 2025. (Reuters)
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Red Cross Gravely Concerned for Nine Missing Medics in Gaza

A Palestinian woman walks near the rubble of houses, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 29, 2025. (Reuters)
A Palestinian woman walks near the rubble of houses, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 29, 2025. (Reuters)

The Red Cross said on Saturday it is gravely concerned about the fate of nine Palestine Red Crescent ambulance crew who have been missing for seven days in Gaza.

The international humanitarian organization has not had any contact with the crew since they came under heavy fire while operating in Rafah in the early hours of March 23, it said in a statement.

"It is vital that there is information and access to ensure the safe return of these humanitarians to their families who are in a nightmare without knowing if their loved ones are alive," it stated.

According to the UN at least 1,060 healthcare workers have been killed in the eighteen months since Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on October 7 2023. Hamas killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.

More than 50,000 people have died in Gaza, the majority civilians, according to the health authorities in Gaza. The Israeli military said it does its best to reduce harm to civilians and questioned the death toll provided by health authorities in the Hamas-run territory.