SpaceX's Starlink will support communication links in Gaza
File photo: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023.Elon Musk said on Saturday that SpaceX’s Starlink will support communication links in Gaza with “internationally recognized aid organizations”.
A telephone and internet blackout isolated people in the Gaza Strip from the world and from each other on Saturday, withcalls to loved ones, ambulances or colleagues elsewhere all but impossible as Israel widened its air and ground assault. SpaceX did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment on how they will make sure the Starlink connection is used by aid organizations and not Hamas.
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