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| Country | Palestine |
|---|---|
| Continent | Asia |
| Regulator | Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology |
| Membership | Palestinian Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology |
| Numbering plan type | closed |
| NSN length | 8 or 9 |
| Country code | +970 |
| International access | 00 |
| Long-distance | 0 |
Thecountry calling code +970 is reserved fortelephone numbers inPalestine.
This code is mainly used when calling from Arab countries to places under the jurisdiction of thePalestinian Authority (including theGaza Strip). The telecommunication system in theWest Bank and theGaza Strip 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 is currently the only country that blocks both 972 and 970 access codes.Lebanon lifted the ban on the 970 code in July 2008 but still blocks the 972 code.[1]
Palestinians use theIsraeli telecommunication infrastructure either directly or through the PalestinianPaltel company, which allocates numbers reserved for it by the Israeli Ministry of Communications.The 059 prefix is reserved exclusively for the PalestinianJawwal cellular communication company (a subsidiary of Paltel), and the 056 prefix is similarly reserved for theWataniya 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.
00 XXX XX XXX XXXX - International dialing
04 24X XXXX -Jenin Governorate09 25X XXXX -Tubas Governorate09 26X XXXX -Tulkarm Governorate09 23X XXXX -Nablus Governorate09 29X XXXX -Qalqilya Governorate09 25X XXXX -Salfit Governorate
02 29X XXXX -Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate02 22X XXXX -Jericho Governorate02 23X XXXX -Jerusalem Governorate
02 27X XXXX -Bethlehem Governorate02 22X XXXX -Hebron Governorate
08 24X XXXX -North Gaza Governorate08 28X XXXX -Gaza Governorate08 26X XXXX -Gaza Governorate, Tall al-Hawa08 20X XXXX -Khan Yunis Governorate08 25X XXXX -Deir al-Balah Governorate08 21X XXXX -Rafah Governorate
059 XXX XXXX - MobileJawwal056 XXX XXXX - MobileWataniya
100 - Police101 - Ambulance102 - Fire
1 700 - Business Toll1 800 - Toll Free
