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Israel-Hamas war: with the blackout on the Gaza Strip, the world blinds the conflict

10/28/2023, 3:28:31 PM

Highlights: Internet and communications are now cut off in the Palestinian enclave. NGOs are worried about their staff but also about. their families. "This is unheard of in contemporary history!" says Médecins du Monde vice-president Jean-François Corty. He is worried about the fate of the 20 or so people who work for the NGO in the Gaza Strip and their families, of whom he has not heard since Friday evening. This is due to power cuts and electricity in the enclave, which is now in an almost complete "blackout"


Internet and communications are now cut off in the Palestinian enclave. NGOs are worried about their staff but also about

"This is unheard of in contemporary history!" Jean-François Corty, vice-president of Médecins du Monde, is worried about the fate of the 20 or so people who work for the NGO in the Gaza Strip and their families, of whom he has not heard since Friday evening. This is due to power cuts and electricity in the Palestinian enclave, which is now in an almost complete "blackout" after intense strikes by the IDF at war with Hamas.

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