The

country calling code Telephone country codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching subscribers in foreign countries or areas by international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes are defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in ITU-T standards ...

+970 is reserved for telephone numbers in

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

. This code is mainly used when calling from Arab countries to places under the jurisdiction of the

Palestinian Authority The Palestinian Authority (PA), officially known as the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, ...

(including the

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...

). The telecommunication system in the

West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

and the

is considerably dependent on the Israeli infrastructure, therefore, from most countries, dialing +972 would often be the better option to access phone numbers in the Palestinian territories. In some cases, when the number was allocated directly by an Israeli company, this would be the only option. However, from many Arab or Muslim countries that block the Israeli access code, dialing 970 is the only option to access the Palestinian telecommunication system.

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

is currently the only country that blocks both 972 and 970 access codes.

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

lifted the ban on the 970 code in July 2008 but still blocks the 972 code. Palestinians use the Israeli telecommunication infrastructure either directly or through the Palestinian Paltel company, which allocates numbers reserved for it by the Israeli Ministry of Communications. The 059 prefix is reserved exclusively for the Palestinian Jawwal cellular communication company (a subsidiary of Paltel), and the 056 prefix is similarly reserved for the Wataniya Telecom company. Note that these prefixes had been used in the past as Israeli internal dialing prefixes, but were replaced or merged with other dialing codes, and reintroduced for the exclusive use of the Palestinian telecommunication system.

Numbering system

International

00 XXX XX XXX XXXX - International dialing

West Bank

Gaza Strip

08 24X XXXX - North Gaza Governorate 08 28X XXXX - Gaza Governorate 08 26X XXXX - Gaza Governorate, Tall al-Hawa 08 20X XXXX - Khan Yunis Governorate 08 25X XXXX - Deir al-Balah Governorate 08 21X XXXX - Rafah Governorate

Cellular

059 XXX XXXX - Mobile Jawwal 056 XXX XXXX - Mobile Wataniya

Services

100 - Police 101 - Ambulance 102 - Fire

Toll

1 700 - Business Toll 1 800 - Toll Free

References

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Economy of Palestine Telecommunications in Palestine

Numbering system

International

West Bank

North West Bank

Central West Bank

South West Bank

Gaza Strip

Cellular

Services

Toll

See also

References