Telecommunication network in Gaza back up

Mobile networks in Gaza Strip began working again on Wednesday after the network was disrupted for 15 hours, preventing any source of contact to take place between Gaza and the rest of the world. Palestinian sources said that Israeli bulldozers were responsible for the disruption of the telecommunication network. Earlier today, Palestinian News Agency (Ma''an) said that The Palestinian telecommunication company Paltel said Wednesday technicians were working to renew services to the Gaza Strip following an unprecedented outage overnight. Paltel executive manager Ammar Al-Aker told Ma''an that Israeli bulldozers destroyed a fiber-optics cable near the border that cut mobile, Internet and international landline services for over 12 hours beginning late Tuesday. Al-Aker said bulldozers struck several cables, the first of which was located eight meters underground. Backup cables 20 meters deep also sustained damage, eventually taking the entire network offline.