Earlier in the day, Palestinian telecoms company Paltel said mobile and internet services in the Gaza Strip were down once again, due to Israel cutting off the main routes. Shortly later, Israel announced that its troops advanced deep into the north of the Palestinian exclave and positioned themselves along the coast.
"Right now the Gaza Strip is experiencing a communications blackout. UNRWA is not able to get through to the vast majority of our team," the UN mission said on X.
"This is the third communications blackout over the past 10 days. Gazans are completely cut off from their loved ones and the rest of the world," it added.
Earlier in the day, the UNRWA posted that as of Saturday, 48 out of 149 UNRWA installations have been damaged since October 7, noting that nearly half of the 1.5 million people displaced in the Gaza Strip are sheltering at UNRWA facilities.
5 November 2023, 04:49 GMT