Elon Musk offered to provide Internet to humanitarian organizations in Gaza.
Israel reacted with outrage to Elon Musk’s Starlink offer to humanitarian aid organizations in the Gaza Strip. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said on Saturday (local time) that Israel would use all available means to counteract this. “Hamas will use it for terrorist activities,” Karhi wrote, adding:
“Perhaps Musk would be willing to combine this with the release of our kidnapped babies, sons, daughters and elderly people. All of them! Until then, my office will sever all ties with Starlink.” Elon Musk announced on Saturday via According to the businessman, it is still unclear who is responsible for terrestrial communications in the Gaza Strip.
People in Gaza isolated
A phone and internet outage isolated people in the Gaza Strip from the world and each other on Saturday. Calls were nearly impossible as Israel expanded its air and ground attacks. International aid groups said the outage, which began on Friday night, worsened an already desperate situation by impeding rescue measures and contact with their staff on the ground. SpaceX did not immediately respond to Portal’ query about how the company will ensure the Starlink connection is used by humanitarian organizations and not the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (APA/Portal)