SMS API for Palestine: bulk SMS to +970 numbers

Palestine, located in the Middle East with Ramallah as its administrative center, has an economy driven by agriculture, trade, and services. Organizations like mobile banking apps, universities, and healthcare providers send text messages to users. Messages are triggered by payment confirmations, exam schedules, and appointment reminders. SMS is preferred because it reaches all mobile phones instantly, works without internet, and is widely accessible to residents.

Palestine

Calling code +970

Per SMS segment
$0.04257
Messages for $100
2,349
Local language
Arabic
Encoding
Unicode (UCS-2)

What a bulk SMS send to Palestine costs

Every message is priced at $0.04257 per segment to Palestine. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.04257$0.08514
1,000$42.57$85.14
10,000$425.70$851.40
100,000$4,257.00$8,514.00

Number format in Palestine

Mobile numbers in Palestine have 9 digits after +970. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (0599 123 456); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +970 599 123 456.

Alphabet and segments

Text in Arabic is always Unicode, so a message to Palestine written in Arabic carries 70 characters in one segment and 67 in each part of a longer one. Codes and alerts written in English or plain Latin letters fit 160 characters, which halves the cost of a long notice.

Time zone and timing

Palestine changes its clocks: Gaza is on UTC+2 in January and UTC+3 in July. 09:00 in Gaza is 07:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example +02:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.

Send to Palestine with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (PS) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+970599123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Palestine

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in Palestine.

Payment confirmations

Mobile banking apps in Ramallah send SMS confirmations to users after completing transactions.

Exam schedules

Universities in Gaza send SMS notifications to students about exam dates and locations.

Appointment reminders

Clinics in Bethlehem send SMS reminders to patients a day before their scheduled appointments.

Order updates

E-commerce stores in Nablus notify customers via SMS when their orders are ready for pickup.

SMS to Palestine: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Palestine?

Each message segment to Palestine costs $0.04257. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $42.57 and 10,000 cost $425.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to Palestine does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 2,349 one-segment messages to Palestine at $0.04257 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Palestine numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +970 599 123 456 becomes "+970599123456" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

Start sending to Palestine

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Palestine at $0.04257 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Palestine: Bulk SMS to +970 From $0.04257 | BulkSMSAPI