JENIN: The Palestinian Telecommunications Company and Ooredoo Thursday announced that communications and the Internet network were cut off in Jenin due to the ongoing aggression for the second day in a row.

They explained in two separate statements that the main and backup routes feeding the communications network in Jenin were damaged due to the Israeli massive destruction of the infrastructure.

The two companies indicated that technical crews have been trying since yesterday to reach the affected areas, but the field conditions prevent this.

The central operations room of the Red Crescent clarified that contact with the Jenin Ambulance Center and its crews was completely lost, as reports indicate that the cellular network, as well as the landline and the Internet network, were cut off, in addition to the wireless transmitters also stopping.

Israeli occupation forces continue to besiege the city and storm its eastern neighborhood, and have sent military reinforcements to the vicinity of its camp amidst v
iolent clashes and the sound of explosions from time to time.

Jenin Governor Kamal Abu al-Rub said in a phone call with WAFA that the situation in Jenin is difficult, noting that the occupation forces are still besieging the city and its camp and closing the roads leading to it.

He added that the occupation forces continue to destroy citizens’ vehicles and property, bulldoze streets and infrastructure, raid homes and move from one house to another in the city and camp.

Al-Rub pointed out that the occupation forces forced a number of citizens to evacuate their homes and told them not to return to them for four days, and turned them into military barracks.

On the second day of the aggression on Jenin and its camp, the death toll rose to eight, while the number of injuries rose to seven, including a critical case, and a number of detainees, while the occupation forces continue to besiege Ibn Sina and Martyr Khalil Suleiman Governmental Hospitals.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA