About BBC Arabic
BBC Arabic may refer to the Literary Arabic language radio station run by the BBC World Service, as well as the BBC's satellite TV channel, and the website that serves as an Literary Arabic language news portal and provides online access to both the TV and radio broadcasts.
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... Bbc Arabic reporter Mehdi Musawi tried to reach journalists and health officials in Gaza all day and could only get short replies on WhatsApp...
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... Muhannad Tutunji, Haitham Abudiab and their Bbc Arabic team were driving to a hotel when their car was intercepted...
Internet out in Gaza as Israel expands operations
By Tom Bateman and Antoinette RadfordBBC News Jerusalem & London
There's been intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza by air, heavier than in previous evenings, while all internet and phone communications appear to be out in The Territory .
Israel has confirmed its forces are expanding their ground operations.
The Internet monitoring service Netblocks posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, to say there had been a " collapse in connectivity".
The Palestinian Red Crescent says it cannot speak to its teams in Gaza.
" We Are deeply concerned about The Ability of our teams to continue providing their emergency medical services, especially since this disruption affects the central emergency number '101', " they wrote in a post on X.
Meanwhile sirens alerted people in southern Israel to rocket fire from Gaza.
On Friday, the Israeli military again told Gaza City citizens to move south after announcing the expansion of its military operation.
In a press conference, spokesman Daniel Hagari said the military had " increased the attacks in Gaza. The Air Force widely attacks underground targets and terrorist infrastructure, very significantly".
" In continuation of the offensive activity we carried out in The Last few days, the ground forces are expanding the ground activity this evening. "
Currently we can't get hold of people in Gaza with communications still down.
For example The Bbc tried to send a WhatsApp message at 6. 40pm local (nearly Three Hours Ago ) - it still just has a single tick meaning it hasn't been received by the person's phone.
Mobile Phone call attempts just get an unobtainable message.
We've had the same for several other call attempts - Messages and calls aren't going through.
Bbc Arabic reporter Mehdi Musawi tried to reach journalists and health officials in Gaza all Day and could only get short replies on WhatsApp. Eventually, they got through to Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, But by evening all lines of communication were down.
By then, live footage showed complete darkness across the region. The Reporter sent Messages to everyone he had spoken to earlier in The Day - But they did not deliver.
The Palestinian telecoms provider Jawwal says there is a " complete interruption of all communication and internet services with the Gaza Strip in light of the ongoing aggression, " which it says has cut the " last of The International routes" connecting Gaza to the outside world.
We've asked the Israeli military to comment on the communications outage But So Far they haven't responded.
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