good news for people whose ability to offer support right now is primarily financial, the above is a thread explaining and demonstrating how to get an eSIM to reconnect someone in Gaza with examples of journalists coming back online in the past few hours due to this technology. if you know someone in Gaza or theres someone able to help distribute QR codes whom you can get in contact with, these may help combat the blackout and loss of contact / news, and allow families to reestablish communication
edit: general internet has been restored!
the internet access was restored, but folks on the ground are making provisions to avoid being completely cut off from the world and each other again, so esims are still a good way to help.
short version of the process:
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choose an esim company. these were named specifically: nomad, holafly, simly, numero. downloading the corresponding app will make the process smoother for you, folks report.
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choose a data plan in an area closest to Palestine. it could be Palestine, Middle East, Israel, or Egypt. select duration and data amount, folks usually choose the biggest package available.
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agree to terms of service and other requirements and pay. if you are directed to download something or take other action, disregard that - company assumes you are the one using the esim.
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receive an email with a QR code to activate the esim. send it to Mirna El Helbawi and folks at gazaesims@gmail.com and they will distribute your code to folks in need.
Mirna’s tweet describing the process:
if you can’t access twitter, there is a version to access the info on a different blog: