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⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show significant ongoing disruptions to internet connectivity in #Bangladesh on multiple providers; authorities attribute the incident to a fire that broke out at Khawaja Tower in #Dhaka which houses several IIG service providers 🔥📉
ℹ Confirmed: Internet provider CenturyLink is experiencing a significant outage in #Iowa, with users complaining of difficulty getting online; metrics corroborate reports, showing regional connectivity at 30% of ordinary levels 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in #Mexico with high impact to Guerrero, as Hurricane Otis makes landfall near the resort city of #Acapulco as a Category 5 hurricane 🌀📉
⚠️ Confirmed: An internet outage has been registered in #Panama with high impact to leading provider Tigo, corroborating user reports of difficulty getting online 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in #Venezuela with high impact to Caracas; the incident comes as polls close for Sunday's presidential election primaries, with state provider ABA CANTV claiming an issue with its energy backup system #22Oct 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the loss of service on SpeedClick, one of the leading internet providers in the #Gaza Strip, as several live streams in northern Gaza go offline; the incident continues the attrition of connectivity since the start of the present conflict with Israel 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: A significant but brief internet disruption has been registered on Mada Al-Arab, one of the leading providers in #Palestine; the observed incident comes amid a series of cyber attacks reported by the operator in recent days 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that internet connectivity has been disrupted in #Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, #Iran on Friday, amid reports that several protesters have been injured or arrested by security forces. 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in Kherson Oblast, #Ukraine this morning, correlating with power outages as Russia launches a barrage of guided aerial bombs targeting critical infrastructure 📉
NetBlocksℹ️ Update: Metrics show further declines in internet connectivity in #Gaza as Israel launches counterstrikes following an offensive by Hamas; operator Paltel anticipates a total blackout if any further international routes are damaged 📉
⚠️ Update: Metrics show further declines in internet connectivity in the #Gaza Strip amid ongoing air strikes by Israel; local media claim that the Israeli Minister of Communications plans to halt remaining internet services to Gaza at midnight 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, #Iran, amid reports of a heavy security presence; the incident is the latest in a cycle of internet shutdowns targeting anti-government protests during Friday prayers 📉
NetBlocksℹ Update: Metrics show that internet disruptions in #Gaza are ongoing amidst an escalating conflict with Israel; Palestinian operator Fusion has attributed the incident to a 'sudden failure' of internet access points in the Gaza Strip 📉
ℹ️ Update: Metrics show further declines in internet connectivity in #Gaza as Israel launches counterstrikes following an offensive by Hamas; operator Paltel anticipates a total blackout if any further international routes are damaged 📉
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the collapse of some internet providers based in #Gaza at the outbreak of today's Hamas attacks on Israel; connectivity on both sides continues to be affected by a series of attacks and counterattacks 📉
ℹ Update: Metrics show that internet disruptions in #Gaza are ongoing amidst an escalating conflict with Israel; Palestinian operator Fusion has attributed the incident to a 'sudden failure' of internet access points in the Gaza Strip 📉
NetBlocks⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in the Tel Aviv district, #Israel, as Palestine's Hamas launches 'unprecedented' attack on the territory which it considers to be occupied; missiles have targeted sites including Rutenberg power…
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the collapse of some internet providers based in #Gaza at the outbreak of today's Hamas attacks on Israel; connectivity on both sides continues to be affected by a series of attacks and counterattacks 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in the Tel Aviv district, #Israel, as Palestine's Hamas launches 'unprecedented' attack on the territory which it considers to be occupied; missiles have targeted sites including Rutenberg power station in Ashkelon 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to Russian internet provider Comfort XXI Vek which supplies occupied #Crimea; the incident comes amid a new wave of cyberattacks by the IT Army of Ukraine group 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan, #Iran, as protesters gather for the first time since the "Bloody Friday" massacre anniversary; the shutdown comes amid reports of a heavy security presence throughout the city 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in the U.S. Virgin Islands due to an ongoing major electrical service interruption affecting St. Thomas - St. John district 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet connectivity has been shut down across most of #Iraq except the north as a measure to prevent cheating and leaked papers, as schools complete exams that had been postponed to mark the Prophet's birthday 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant to disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan in #Iran, on the first anniversary of the "Bloody Friday" massacre; authorities have systematically shut down telecoms to suppress weekly anti-government protests 📉
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