{"id":6777,"date":"2023-10-29T16:52:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/business\/elon-musks-offer-to-provide-starlink-to-gaza-aid-groups-angers-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T16:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T16:52:18","slug":"elon-musks-offer-to-provide-starlink-to-gaza-aid-groups-angers-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=6777","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s offer to provide Starlink to Gaza aid groups angers Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=4ef62bc6-0076-43a3-bbac-99b2c0640424\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Elon Musk has become embroiled in a bitter row with the Israeli government after offering to provide satellite internet to Gaza, which ministers say Hamas will use for \u201cterrorist purposes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The argument was ignited by Musk\u2019s post on social media platform X on Saturday saying he would allow his SpaceX Starlink satellite network to support communications in Gaza for \u201cinternationally recognised aid organisations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The move came after cellular and internet connectivity were knocked out in the territory on Friday, leaving most of the population cut off from the world \u2014 and creating an information vacuum during the heaviest aerial bombardment of Gaza since the war began three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>International aid agencies have said they were unable to communicate with staff on the ground in the enclave and rescue workers had not been able to connect to mobile networks, hampering civilian recovery efforts. The World Health Organization said the blackout made it impossible for ambulances to locate the injured. Most of the network started working again on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Following Hamas\u2019s deadly attack on Israel on October 7, during which at least 1,400 people were killed according to Israeli officials, Gaza has been hit with air strikes. The Hamas-controlled health ministry said on Sunday that the death toll in Gaza since October 7 had risen to 8,005 with another 20,242 Palestinians injured.<\/p>\n<p>Musk intervened after a doctor, Anastasia Maria Loupis, appealed to him directly on X. \u201cGaza is under bombardment, the internet and telecommunications have been cut off. They need Starlink immediately,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Musk replied that no terminals from Gaza had attempted to communicate with SpaceX\u2019s constellation, but added: \u201cSpaceX will support communication links with internationally recognised aid organisations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"n-content-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No terminals from Gaza have attempted to communicate with our constellation. <\/p>\n<p>SpaceX will support communication links with internationally recognized aid organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1718216559087288602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post drew an angry response from Shlomo Karhi, the Israeli communications minister, who said Israel would use \u201call means at its disposal to fight this\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas will use it for terrorist activities,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is no doubt about it, we know it, and Musk knows it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps Musk would be willing to condition it with the release of our abducted babies, sons, daughters, elderly people. All of them!\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Musk replied: \u201cWe are not so naive. Per my post, no Starlink terminal has attempted to connect from Gaza. If one does, we will take extraordinary measures to confirm that it is used only for purely humanitarian reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, we will do a security check with both the US and Israeli governments before turning on even a single terminal,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Musk, SpaceX\u2019s founder and chief executive, was widely praised for providing Ukraine with Starlink to help it defend itself against Russia\u2019s invasion. <\/p>\n<p>However, his role in the conflict came under scrutiny after the publication of his biography by Walter Isaacson. The writer described how Musk refused to allow Kyiv\u2019s forces to use Starlink for a naval drone strike on Russian ships in Crimea, with Musk allegedly fearing this could trigger a nuclear response from Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>After that incident, Musk tweeted peace proposals involving Russia keeping Crimea and Ukraine adopting neutral status, a proposal that was denounced by Kyiv as repeating President Vladimir Putin\u2019s talking points.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also triggered widespread anger on Israeli social media with a post on X that appeared to sympathise with Iran. The post features a map of Iran surrounded by US flags with the words: \u201cIran wants war. Look how close they put their country to our military bases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s caption included the words: \u201cOh the Irany.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post came shortly after US fighter jets launched air strikes on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards, in retaliation for a series of drone and missile attacks on US bases and personnel in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/4ef62bc6-0076-43a3-bbac-99b2c0640424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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