Gaza Strip, Sept. 18 -- The Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has announced a disruption to fixed-line internet and landline services in Gaza City and the North Gaza Governorate, citing damage to key infrastructure caused by the ongoing Israeli offensive.

In a statement on Facebook on Wednesday, September 17, the authority said several major routes supplying the region had been targeted, leading to the outage. It added that engineering crews were working "around the clock" to repair the network despite dangerous conditions on the ground.

Independent internet observatory NetBlocks also confirmed the disruption in a post on X, reporting "a significant disruption to connectivity in the Gaza Strip with high impact to the n...