Elon Musk announced on Saturday his satellite-based communication Starlink “will support connectivity to internationally recognised aid organisations in Gaza.”
Elon
Musk’s offer to help restore the internet in the war-hit Gaza has not gone down
well with Israel. In response, the Israeli government reportedly cut all
ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
“Upon Elon Musk’s announcement to connect
StarLink with humanitarian aid groups in Gaza, Israel stated: We will use ALL
MEANS to FIGHT this,” prominent American political streamer, Jackson Hinkle
posted on X.
“Due
to statements by Elon Musk, who promised satellite communications to internationally
recognized organizations in the Gaza Strip, we have taken this position,” he
quoted Israeli authorities in another post.
Elon Musk announced on Saturday his satellite-based
communication Starlink “will support connectivity to internationally recognized
aid organisations in Gaza.”
Musk made these remarks in response to US Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez post in X, stating that cutting off communications in Gaza was
“unacceptable.”
Starlink, operated by
Musk’s SpaceX, was also deployed in Ukraine shortly after the country was
invaded by Russia in February 2022.
Meanwhile, Israel said
on Saturday the next stage of its war with Hamas had begun after expanding its
ground operations in Gaza. Israeli military aircraft carried out a series
of intense nighttime airstrikes in northern Gaza, targeting around 150
underground facilities, according to an announcement by the army on
Saturday, AFP reported.
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