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Doctors Without Borders says it lost contact with colleagues in Gaza Strip

28 Oct 2023 12:59pm
Palestinians stand on the rubble of a levelled building as smoke and fire rise from the destruction following an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Oct 26. Photo by Omar El-Qattaa/AFP
Palestinians stand on the rubble of a levelled building as smoke and fire rise from the destruction following an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Oct 26. Photo by Omar El-Qattaa/AFP
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LONDON - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) expressed "deep concern" late Friday about the situation in Gaza and said the group lost contact with some Palestinian colleagues on the ground amid intensified Israeli bombardment.

"We are particularly worried for the patients, medical staff and thousands of families taking shelter at Al Shifa hospital and other health facilities," MSF wrote on X, as reported by Anadolu Agency.

"We call for the unequivocal protection of all medical facilities, staff and civilians across the Gaza Strip," it added.

Communications and internet services in the Gaza Strip were completely cut off late Friday amid heavy Israeli bombing of feeder lines, towers and networks, said the Palestine Telecommunications Company.

Ooredoo Palestine, a mobile network operator in the West Bank, said its cellphone services were completely cut off from the Gaza Strip late Friday.

Gaza's 2.3 million residents have been running out of food, water, medicine, and fuel, and aid convoys recently allowed into Gaza have carried a fraction of what is needed. - BERNAMA-ANADOLU

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