The Gaza Strip has reportedly lost internet access due to Israeli attacks on fiber optics and communications networks.

The Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ART) reported Thursday that all internet and landline telephone services in the Gaza Strip had been disrupted, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, and EFE confirmed on the ground.

The ART confirmed that the central and southern governorates of the Strip have joined the blackout that has been affecting Gaza City and the northern part of the enclave since Wednesday , as a result of continued Israeli attacks on vital communications networks and main roads.

"This escalation of attacks on communications infrastructure threatens to completely isolate the Gaza Strip from the outside world and prevents citizens from accessing essential services, vital in the current circumstances, such as relief, health, media, and education," the ART said in a statement.

In addition, the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said in a statement today that it is facing "serious difficulties" communicating with its teams, which hampers its ability to coordinate and respond to urgent humanitarian cases.

Even the ability to count the number of deaths arriving at the morgues of the various hospitals in the Gaza Strip, thanks to which the Gaza Ministry of Health provides a daily count, will also be affected.

The Israeli military has yet to comment on the matter. Previously, workers attempting to repair telecommunications cables or pipelines in Gaza have been killed in attacks.

Since the start of the Israeli aggression in October 2023, telecommunications and internet services have been totally or partially cut off multiple times , due to intense Israeli bombardment or the depletion of fuel used to operate power generators.

Several dozen activists of various nationalities, including Spaniards, who intended to participate in the International March to Gaza have been detained at the Egyptian border, taken from their hotels back to Cairo airport, or directly expelled from the country, according to mobilization coordinators.

According to reports provided to EFE on condition of anonymity, at least 35 people, including several Spaniards, have been detained at Cairo airport, while an undetermined number have been brought back to the airport by police from the hotels where they were staying in the Egyptian capital.

Yesterday, Egyptian security forces reported the arrest of more than 100 activists who were planning to participate in the International March to Gaza, a mobilization aimed at reaching the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing that borders the Gaza Strip, despite Egypt's refusal to authorize the gathering.

Most of those detained were French, but there were also Algerians, Moroccans, and Libyans.

So far, Egypt has not officially responded to this information.

The spokesperson for the French delegation of the International March to Gaza, Catherine Le Scolan-Quéré, stated in a message to the delegation group, to which EFE had access, that "several French citizens" have been arrested in their hotels and "others at Cairo airport."

Egypt already stated on Wednesday that "prior approval" is required for the march and that it will only allow it to happen if "official channels" are followed.