Gaza has been under a mysterious blackout for at least 8-10 hours, according to Twitter reports. No electricity in the August heat means no air conditioning, no internet, no telephone and no lights for the people of Gaza, and inexplicably cellphones are not working either.
No party or nation has come forward to explain or take credit for the blackout, and contacts in the army have reported no activity. Speculation that a damaged communication device which was hit during skirmishes yesterday have not been confirmed or denied by officials. No media reports have as yet been issued. For the moment at least, it is as though Gaza has been rendered silent and invisible. Israeli Army bulldozers seen moving dirt on a field nearby shortly before the blackout have led to fears of an oncoming onslaught upon Gaza by the Israeli army. Unable to contact the outside world, residents have spent a long, dark and uneasy night in the Gaza strip.
HasanB Hasan Badwan by MmeButterfly1 RT @livefromgaza please, tell the world that Israel cut off the commucation on Gaza sincce yday at 7 pm./ #gaza no cellpohnes no internet 43 minutes ago.
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