The Global Network Initiative (GNI) welcomes the ceasefire agreement entered into in early October 2025, and calls on all parties to honor it. GNI strongly condemns the persistent disruption of Internet and telecommunications services in the Gaza Strip, expresses its deep concern about the ongoing and repeated restrictions on freedom of expression and access to information during the Israeli incursion into Gaza, and calls on all parties to prioritize the restoration and improvement of telecommunications services in the Gaza Strip.
Nearly two years after our November 2023 statement on the same topic, GNI reiterates that these restrictions impede the flow of vital information and undermine human rights. These concerns are exacerbated by the alarming levels of violence against journalists and media workers killed while trying to document and report on the ground. Together, these actions constitute a grave threat to civilian safety, humanitarian efforts, and freedom of expression, including press freedom.
GNI urgently calls for all parties to immediately end any efforts to disrupt telecommunications and internet services. In particular, GNI calls on the Israeli government as a party to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), International Convention on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), among other relevant human rights treaties, as well as to the Geneva Conventions, to:
About GNI
As a multistakeholder organization comprising many of the world’s leading tech companies, academics, civil society organizations, and investors, GNI works to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy rights in the technology ecosystem. Based on the diverse experiences and expertise of our membership, our approach generates collaboration towards a more rights-respecting legal environment for technology users around the world.